Wassit gets 100 billion dinars of petrodollar income

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Finance Ministry allocated 100 billion dinars to Wassit province of its share in petro-dollar income, deputy provincial council chairman said here today. Mehdi al-Mussawi said to IraqiNews.com that this figure is for the oil production of al-Ahdab oil field, 25 km west of Kut. The province decided to divide this amount by 50% to build housing units for widowed women and poor families and the other 50% to find work for the unemployed and rehabilitate the electricity network. Kut, the center of Wassit province , lies 180 km southeast of the capital, Baghdad. RM (TS)/SR 222