Sunday, May 29, 2011

High number of Saudis apply for unemployment benefits

An official at the Saudi Ministry of Labor said today that nearly 3.5 million Saudis applied for unemployment benefits under the recently announced national program to help job seekers. Media sources quoted the general supervisor of the Information Technology, Ministry of Labour Abdullah Hagbani as saying, during a news conference, said that ?3.5 million Saudis applied for unemployment benefits,? asserting that ?this number is not final because some of these presented more than one application, or misunderstood the nature of the government program.? 

King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz declared last March the allocation of US$ 93 billion to increase wages, create jobs and allocate benefits for unemployed Saudis
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