Government: 50 trillion dinars to secure salaries

150 million households are covered by social benefits

In an achievement calculated for the government despite the financial challenges, the Cabinet announced the allocation of 50 trillion dinars annually to secure the salaries of employees and retirees, confirming the inclusion of one million and 150 thousand families of social benefits.
*This came in a summary of the Prime Minister's Office on Sunday, the achievements of the government program during the three years of the life of the ministry.
The «morning» has issued yesterday, a special annex on the occasion of the third anniversary of the formation of the government, which included the most significant achievement in three years.
Saad al-Hadithi, spokesman for the prime minister's office, said in a statement: "The government has succeeded in the financial aspect in developing economic policies to overcome the financial difficulties and ensure the government meets the financial requirements necessary to sustain the combat effort of the Iraqi forces and provide financial cover for salaries 7 In addition to spending on important sectors such as education, health, electricity and other services, as well as allocations allocated to the file of the displaced, although Iraq's financial revenues from oil has decreased by about 70 percent And the government's efforts in this regard have resulted in the return of about two million and two hundred thousand displaced persons to their areas of residence. "
He added that this was achieved «thanks to the economic policy and reform program adopted by Prime Minister Dr. Haider Abadi at the administrative, financial and organizational levels, as the government exceeded the most difficult economic challenges faced by Iraq after there were fears of the government's inability to provide financial cover to ensure salaries and secure allocations The necessary funds for Iraqi forces and other sectors ».
He pointed out to the «success of the government in expanding the umbrella of social protection to include new segments, as the number of beneficiaries exceeded one million and 150 thousand family".

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