National Youth Conference: Egypt PM says government continuing to support social protection programmes
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on
Tuesday that the government will continue to support social protection
programmes and the subsidy system, while establishing an accurate database to
determine who should benefit from these subsidies.
Madbouly was speaking at the second session of the
simulation model of the Egyptian state at the seventh National Youth
Conference, which kicked off on Tuesday in the New Administrative Capital.
This session focused on the issues of social
protection, terrorism, security challenges, and regional unrest.
The PM added that the rationalisation of oil
products helps the government expand in the provision of healthcare and
education services.
Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali said during
the session that around 1,000 new families will be added to the Takaful and
Karama welfare programmes with the beginning of the new fiscal year.
She added that the social solidarity ministry has
set up a database of 7 million households, which will help ensure that eligible
families benefit from social protection programmes.
During the sesion, a documentary on the state's
efforts to fight terrorism and achieve stability was shown.
