With some one million youth seeking work opportunities every year, Egypt is facing a two-sided problem since it has to not only secure jobs, but also guarantee minimum wages to the new workforce, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said Sunday.
Indeed, about one million persons join the labor market annually, the president said as he inaugurated some development projects in Alexandria earlier in the day.
“We are required to secure at least three million job opportunities in three years (2022-2025),” Sisi said, adding that the minimum wage should also be observed.
He urged Egyptian families to focus on such huge figures and think how the State could possibly create jobs for their sons and daughters within the coming three years.
One million jobs! That’s not a simple figure and no country in the world, at least not Egypt, can provide it annually, Sisi said.
This won’t stop in 2025, but will rather continue through 2030, the president added, wondering if Egypt could possibly secure jobs for eight million citizens in eight years.
