Sisi lays out measures to confront repercussions of economic crisis

Sisi lays out measures to confront repercussions of economic crisis

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday directed his government to take several urgent measures to confront the repercussions of the global economic crisis on the Egyptian citizen.

This came during Sisi’s meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali al-Moselhi, Minister of the Interior Mahmoud Tawfiq, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait, and Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine al-Kabbaj.

Presidential spokesperson Bassam Rady said that the meeting followed up the efforts of social protection measures to confront the repercussions of the current global economic crisis.

Rady said that the president directed the expansion of social protection measures by applying the following:

Increasing the number of families benefiting from the “Takaful and Karama” program, by including one million additional families in the program, bringing the number of citizens benefiting to more than 20 million citizens nationwide.

Disbursing exceptional aid to about nine million families for the next six months, at a total cost of about one billion pounds per month to the most needy families, and pensioners who receive a monthly pension of less than LE 2,500, as well as workers in the state’s administrative apparatus who receive a salary of less than LE 2,700 per month.

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