In an extended meeting the day before yesterday, Dr. Mohammed Abdel Samiea Eid, President of Assiut University hosted Major General Ibrahim Hammad, Governor of Assiut to discuss the effective participation of the university in working out a comprehensive strategic plan for the development of the province. The meeting also included the university vice presidents, college deans and a number of the faculty members in Engineering, Science, Agriculture, and Commerce, in addition to the Governor’s consultants and executive directors from different sectors at the Governorate.       General Hammad indicated that this meeting is prompted by recommendations from President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi who assured the importance of the participation of universities in all province sectors to achieve comprehensive development. He also assured the intention and will of the president to achieve the dream of the Egyptian people regarding prosperity and welfare especially after the recent reconsiderations of borders of Egyptian provinces which appears as an important historical move.         On his part, Dr. Abdel Samiea assured the re-divisioning of the state provinces will achieve a true leap of development in all fields as it will initiate new horizons for work and advancement via establishing big national projects increasing job opportunities within governorates. Dr. Abdel Samiea asserted that the university will never let the trust of the political leadership down, and will therefore employ the effort of the scientists to cooperate with the governorate administration.