Candidates for Beni Mtir (Fernena delegation) and Essouani (North Jendouba delegation) Zouheira Skhiri and Imène Bouslimi launched their campaign for the December 24 local elections.
The two candidates call for upgrading infrastructure, creating projects and jobs, and modernising public services for the benefit of the local population.
Zouheira Skhiri’s programme focuses on upgrading the N65 regional road and the N17 national road in Béni Mtir, Jendouba and Tabarka, relaunching blocked projects, promoting tourism and protecting the Béni Mtir dam from sewage.
Candidate Imène Bouslimi underlined that she would work to ensure that streets would be paved to break the isolation of villages and facilitate access to farms and production sites and promoting female entrepreneurship.
The Essouani imada in north Jendouba is home to a population of 3,465 and covers an area of 4,370 hectares, while the Béni Mtir imada in Fernena is home to 896 inhabitants spread over 180 hectares.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse