Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Muhammad Al-Mousawi announced today, Saturday, the inclusion of the necessary financial allocations in the ministry's budget tables to cover citizens eligible for social protection allowances, while noting that the allocations included an increase in the salary of personal assistants for people with disabilities from (170,000 dinars) to (250,000 dinars).
The ministry stated in a statement received by "Video News Agency" that "Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Muhammad Al-Mousawi, announced the inclusion of the necessary financial allocations in the ministry's budget tables to cover citizens eligible for social protection allowances, whose social research procedures have been completed and confirmed they are below the poverty line."
Al-Mousawi confirmed that "the included allocations also encompassed an increase in the salary of personal assistants for people with disabilities from (170,000 dinars) to (250,000 dinars) per month, in implementation of the provisions of the First Amendment Law No. (11) of 2024 for the Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Special Needs No. (38) of 2013."
Al-Mousawi indicated "the continuation of coordination with the Ministry of Finance to secure the necessary financial allocations for the implementation of these two entitlements," pointing out that "the ministry will announce developments as soon as the required procedures are completed."