Bahrain’s Ministry of Works and Municipality Affairs plans to replace its foreign employees with citizens by 2024, a senior official was quoted by local media as disclosing.

Around 446 foreigners are currently working at the ministry, accounting for some 17 per cent of its overall workforce, Minister of Works and Municipality Affairs Essam Khalaf told parliament.

The total cost of their employment, housing and transport allowances as well as air tickets and their families ‘accommodation over the past two years has been BD17 million, he added.

“As part of the ministry’s efforts to Bahrainise jobs, it has terminated contracts of 49 foreign employees since 2018,” the official said.

Foreigners account for more than half of Bahrain’s 1.7 million population

खबर का हिन्दी सारांश:

बहरीन के मंत्रालय ने अपने सरकारी क्षेत्र से सारे प्रवासियों को निकालने का फ़ैसला किया हैं. वर्ष 2024 तक सारे प्रवासी कामगरों को सरकारी मंत्रालय से निकाल कर बहरीन के लोगों को रखा जाएगा. इसी क्रम में 49 प्रवासी कामगरों को निकाले जाने की पुस्टी सरकारी सूत्रों और डेटा ने किया हैं.

इस वक्त बहरीन में 1.7 million प्रवासी निवास करते हैं.GulfHindi.com