The Ministry of Interior has handed over 31 four-wheel-drive vehicles to a number of prefects (hakems), giving priority in their distribution to prefects in border areas facing difficulties linked to geographical isolation and the size of their administrative areas.
The handover took place on Friday at the headquarters of the General Delegation for Civil Protection and Crisis Management in Nouakchott, under the supervision of the ministry's secretary general.
The ministry said the move aims to improve the working conditions of the administrative authorities and enable them to follow local situations and respond to the requirements of maintaining public order, as well as to make it easier for citizens to access public services.
The ministry described the operation as the largest of its kind in terms of the number of vehicles distributed since the governors' (walis') vehicles were renewed in 2020 and heads of administrative districts were given new vehicles in 2023.
