CAIRO, (The Southern African Times) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi decided on Monday to raise the minimum wages of government employees.
Sisi made the instructions during a meeting with the prime minister and finance minister, Egyptian Presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement.
The Egyptian president ordered the cabinet to raise the monthly minimum wages of civil servants to 2,400 Egyptian pounds (153 U.S. dollars) from 2,000 Egyptian pounds, Rady added.
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Sisi also decided to increase pensions by 13 percent, the spokesman revealed.
During the meeting, Sisi was as well briefed on the draft budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, Rady said.
