Shafaq News- Basra
Iraq's Ministry of Finance has approved funding forthe salaries of 13,000 contract employees in the southern Iraqi province of Basra,Deputy Governor for Administrative Affairs Maher Ibrahim Al-Ameri said onThursday.
He attributed the approval to coordination between theBasra local government and the Ministry of Finance under the direction ofGovernor Asaad Abdul Amir Al-Eidani.
The positions, allocated to Basra under Iraq'sthree-year federal budget law, have been assigned to more than 89 governmentand oil-sector institutions. Al-Eidani recently approved the final employmentlists and forwarded them to the Finance Ministry to secure salary paymentsthrough the end of 2026.
Graduates have previously staged protests and sit-insoutside the Basra Province headquarters and Provincial Council, pressingauthorities to sign employment contracts and pay overdue salaries.
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