MP Mahloof asks president’s office for details of ‘42,000 new jobs’
President Yameen had pledged to create 94,000 new jobs for youth during his five-year term. Speaking at the closing ceremony of a three-day symposium held to train “campaign leaders” for his re-election bid last night, Yameen said 50,000 new jobs have already been created during the past two years and that 42,000 young people have gained employment.
06 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
Independent MP Ahmed Mahloof has asked the president’s office to disclose details of 42,000 new jobs that President Abdulla Yameen claims have been created under his administration.
Yameen had pledged to create 94,000 new jobs for youth during his five-year term. Speaking at the closing ceremony of a three-day symposium held to train “campaign leaders” for his re-election bid last night, Yameen said 50,000 new jobs have already been created during the past two years and that 42,000 young people have gained employment.
Mahloof submitted a letter to the president’s office today requesting details of the new jobs, including the name, address, and island of the 42,000 youth as well as the sectors in which the new jobs were created.
Mahloof told the press outside the president’s office this afternoon that according to the Civil Service Commission, only 200 jobs have been created in the civil service since Yameen assumed office in November 2013.
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