Education minister quits a week after finance minister

Education minister quits a week after finance minister

KUWAIT: Education Minister Hamad Al-Adwani submitted his resignation on Monday, according to local reports, with Minister of Electricity and Water Jassem Al-Ostad set to be assigned as acting education minister. Adwani is the second minister to resign in as many weeks after the resignation of Finance Minister Manaf Al-Hajeri last Tuesday. Deputy Prime Minister, Oil Minister and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Saad Al-Barrak was appointed as acting finance minister.

Meanwhile, Minister of Public Works Amani Bugammaz gave a demonstration during a Cabinet meeting Monday on a proposal to turn the Directorate General of Civil Aviation into an independent authority for civil aviation. The proposal is in line with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) regulations and a step to regulate air transport according to international standards, the minister said in a press statement. Minister of Youth Affairs Mohammad Al-Aiban proposed during the Cabinet meeting to move youth centers to come under the authority of the Public Authority for Sports instead of the Public Authority for Youth.

The move will help expand opportunities for team sports, give technical and financial support to sports and provide platforms for young people to develop their sports talents, the minister explained in a