Salahuddin province declares administrative – economic region

SALAHUDDIN / IraqiNews.com: Provincial Council of Salahuddin province announced today it has become an administratively and economically independent region. The Council’s member Ali al-Ajeeli told IraqiNews.com that the council declared the province an independent region due to the policies of the central government against the people . He charged the central government for negligence, demotion and sectarianism. Thursday, Governor threatened to cut off oil products and electricity supplies from Iraqi provinces, if the decision to demote Tikrit university professors and personnel. Iraqi Higher Education Ministry decided last week to demote 140 professors and university personnel at a time the president of the university announced his resignation for these measures. Tikrit, center of Salahuddin province, lies 175 km north west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. 67