Morocco: The price of gas will not change… for now

Fouzi Lekjaa, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy and Finance, responsible for the Budget, rules out, for the moment, an increase in the price of butane gas.

Increasing the price of butane gas “is not on the government’s agenda,” said Fouzi Lekjaa, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy and Finance, in charge of the Budget. He responded to an oral question on “the impact of the increase in the price of gas in Morocco”, posed by the socialist group – Ittihadi opposition, in the House of Representatives. According to its explanations, the government devotes more than 15 billion dirhams (MMDH) annually to subsidizing the consumption of butane gas, “support intended in principle for the most deprived categories, who need it the most”.