On Thursday, 08 of Rabi’ al-Awwal 1443H corresponding to October 14, 2021G, His Excellency Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), chaired the twenty-third periodic meeting of the heads of divisions at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Academy.

His Excellency began the meeting by welcoming the attendees, stressing the importance of implementing and activating the decisions of the periodic meetings and the need for cooperation and coordination among all employees in order to achieve the objectives of the Academy and to realize its activities and events to the fullest. His Excellency also reminded everyone of the moral duty towards all Muslims to perform the tasks entrusted to each of us.

His Excellency informed the attendees that the Financial Control Committee had completed its work, noting that the General Secretariat is waiting for the detailed report from the Committee to benefit from it in improving the administrative and financial procedures. He also noted that the Committee had left some practical directives and proposals in order to raise the level of transparency and integrity in all transactions. His Excellency concluded with thanks and appreciation to the Department of Administrative and Financial Affairs for its management of the task of financial audits with the Committee and for providing it with all comfort and facilitation to help accomplish its mission. His Excellency also informed the attendees that the design of the new site for the Academy is nearing completion and will be launched next week.

The meeting discussed a number of topics, and took a number of decisions regarding them, the most important of which are:

• Forming a procurement committee to monitor all contracts and the financial transactions of the Academy in order to achieve financial integrity and transparency.
• Forming an inventory committee to monitor the warehouses and their contents in order to preserve the Academy’s properties and various assets.
• Designing the monthly newsletter and the quarterly magazine internally and training more than one employee on it so that we can achieve continuity at work.