Federal National Council member Hamad Ahmed Al Rahoumi revealed that Emiratisation rates within the Emirates Post Group declined during the last two years from 27% in 2016 to less than 25% by the end of last October. "The number of Emiratisation jobs in the group exceeds the number of national employees Which currently represents a waste of about 200 million dirhams that could have been included in the budget for jobs for citizens. "
The Federal National Council adopted a general discussion on the policy of the Emirates Post Group, as a decision to form a temporary parliamentary committee to study and discuss the issue and submit a final report on it.
The Council sent an official letter to the Council of Ministers asking for government approval to discuss the policy of the Emirates Post Group in four main areas: the Emiratisation policy of the Group and its subsidiaries, the quality of services to the public, the Group's investment management and its companies, And its relevance to the development of the Group and its companies.
"The council adopted a discussion on the issue and decided to form a parliamentary committee of six members to prepare a report on it. After we received a written answer to a parliamentary question addressed to the meeting before last on the low rates of Emiratisation and the increasing rate of resignations of citizens in the Emirates Post Group, , It has become difficult to settle 922 service jobs because of the lack of citizen cadres who accept to occupy, but in fact there are 791 other jobs can be settled within the group, representing missed opportunities for young job seekers ».
Al-Rahoumi told «Emirates Today» that «talk about the low rates of resettlement within the group based on reports issued by the Court of Audit, reported that the number of national employees within it 635 employees in 2015 and 2016, while the number of localizable positions in the group 791 jobs, More than the number of civil servants, but it is occupied by non-citizens, which represents a waste of existing and viable employment opportunities ».
"According to Audit Bureau reports, the number of employees in the group rose by 2017 to 2,414, compared to 2,349 in 2016. But the number of national employees has dropped from 635 to 615, which means that there are 20 other jobs that went to non-citizens "Adding that it is illogical for the state to move towards strengthening the policies and mechanisms of Emiratisation, while the rate of Emiratisation in the group is reduced from 27% to 25% within two years.
He pointed out that the low rates of Emiratisation in this institution extended from the beginning of this year until last October, as the number of civil servants during this period decreased from 615 employees to 604 employees, saying that «these figures are a clear indication that the group is going in a direction contrary to the road Localization of the state ».
He said that "the total cost of salaries of employees in the group almost up to 440 million dirhams, if 50% of this amount will go to citizens, we are talking about about 200 million dirhams could be entered into jobs for citizens, and strangely we are talking about this decline A governmental institution at a time when we are pressing the private institutions to promote the resettlement, but we try to impose on them the rates of resettlement, "and wondered:« How to exit these opportunities of employment of citizens in a government institution? ».
• 791 resettlement jobs within the group represent missed opportunities for young jobseekers.