HRDF to stop allowances for 600,000 unemployed Saudis

  • Saudi Arabia: Sunday, November 25 - 2012 at 02:16

Saudi Arabia's Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) has announced the a monthly stipend for 600,000 unemployed youths will be stopped from this month, Arab News has reported. "There will be no extension of the unemployment stipend to a second stage. The royal order on the matter is clear," said director of HRDF, Ibrahim Al-Moiqil. The unemployment allowance was introduced as part of the Hafiz programme, which aimed to increase job opportunities for youths with intensive training programmes in professions required in the job market.

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