An Egyptian employee changes "street names" to please her husband

An Egyptian employee responsible for naming the city's streets gave names from her husband's relatives.

The head of Kafr Shukr, Hisham Rifat, revealed the details of the incident, to Sky News Arabia, saying, "The incident dates back to January 17, when I was informed by the head of the engineering department that the person responsible for proposing naming the unnamed streets suggested the names of 5 people from relatives." Her husband to launch their names on the streets. "

The city president added that, upon his knowledge of the matter, he referred the incident to investigation into the legal affairs of Qalyubia Governorate, which is the only body authorized to consider the matter, and to issue a decision on whether the employee had broken the law or not?

And if the matter is proven, penalties will be imposed on it according to the law

Refaat pointed out that the issue began when it was agreed to propose names for some streets that do not have names in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Planning and Administrative Follow-up, as part of the process of structuring addresses, and a concerned committee was formed, and it was also agreed to set criteria for naming these streets, which is to be called by an older name. Someone who lives on the street.

He added that the committee has already completed its work in proposing street names and when reviewing the names the matter was noted, and after the end of the legal committee’s work, these names will be referred to Major General Abdul Hamid al-Hagan, Governor of Qalyubia, for final permits.