Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi announced earlier today a new government plan to dispense a monthly payment of EGP 500 to day laborers and others in irregular modes of employment for three months, Youm7 reports. The decision comes as a new measure to support the economically vulnerable and those hit the hardest by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and the partial lockdown imposed by the government to contain it. The president’s announcement came in an address to members of the Egyptian Armed Forces, as part of a visit during which he reportedly surveyed the resources allocated by the military to assist the state’s civilian agencies in its efforts to stem of the spread of the novel coronavirus. جانب من تفقد السيد الرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسي صباح اليوم جاهزية العناصر والمعدات والأطقم التابعة للقوات المسلحة المخصصة لمعاونة القطاع المدني بالدولة لمكافحة انتشار فيروس كورونا المُستجد. pic.twitter.com/Bmis7YTTx4 — Abdelfattah Elsisi (@AlsisiOfficial) April 7, 2020 President Sisi also urged private sector employers to pay employees in full and reiterated the government’s commitment to enforcing social distancing and other public health and safety measures, such as reducing workplace attendance in state…
Sisi Announces Monthly EGP 500 Payment to Temporary Workers, Urges Private Sector to Pay Wages in Full
April 7, 2020
