Libya’s oil revenues in 2022 rose to $22B
TRIPOLI, Libya
Libya’s UN-backed unity government has discussed the possibility of forming a committee for the fair distribution of oil revenues.
Mohamed Menfi, the chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, held a meeting on Wednesday with Tripoli-based unity government’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Central Bank Governor Siddiq Al-Kabeer, and National Oil Corporation head Farhat bin Qadara.
According to a statement by the presidency, they “discussed the Presidential Council’s project to organize public spending.”
The meeting also discussed “the formation of a higher financial committee to enhance transparency.”
This measure will “enhance confidence and establish a fair economic environment conducive to holding free and fair elections.”
The meeting took place two days after the eastern Libya-based strongman Khalifa Haftar set an end-of-August deadline for forming a committee for the fair distribution of oil revenues.
Libya holds Africa’s largest crude reserves and oil revenues, the country’s main source of income, has been a subject of dispute between its warring rivals.
The revenues are managed by the National Oil Company and the Central Bank, both based in Tripoli.
Libya’s oil revenues rose to $22.01 billion in 2022.
Last week, Oussama Hamad, who heads the eastern administration, threatened to block oil and gas exports from areas under its control, accusing the Tripoli-based government of wasting oil revenues.
Libya has been torn by civil war and instability since the ouster of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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