Irbid, Sept. 10 (Petra) -- Hakam Al-Duwairi, head of the Irbid Chamber of Industry election committee, said nine candidates have registered for the chamber's elections, scheduled for Oct. 3.

Speaking to the Jordan News Agency (Petra) on Thursday, Al-Duwairi said nominations for the nine-seat board of directors closed on Wednesday, with the committee receiving applications from nine candidates.

He said the committee will examine and approve the candidates' documents before submitting them to the Independent Election Commission (IEC), with the final list scheduled to be published next Monday.

For his part, former President of the Irbid Chamber of Industry, Hani Abu Hassan, said Irbid industrialists had reached an agreement to form a new board as a single slate by acclamation, headed by Hani Abu Hassan, with Hussein Al-Drayseh, Nidal Al-Hasi, Amin Al-Ramahi, Khaled Al-Kharashqah, Mamoun Halawa, Mamoun Khader, Mohammad Oweis and Mazen Al-Rimah as members.

Abu Hassan said the consensus on electing the new board by acclamation would provide the chamber's management with greater stability and enable it to work according to established plans aimed at boosting exports and growth across all industrial sectors.

//Petra// AF