Iraq exceeds global averages for the number of employees by nine times

[size=52]Iraq exceeds global averages for the number of employees by nine times[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad/ Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]Job slack poses a great danger to society, at a time when statistics indicate that the number of workers in the country exceeds global rates by nine times, but addressing this depends on taking steps, the most important of which is the disclosure of the employee database, ending the file of double salaries, activating the private sector, and searching for other sources of funding The public budget is away from oil, which will witness a significant decrease in dependence on it in the coming years.[/size]
[size=45]The winning candidate and member of the Finance Committee in the former parliament, Jamal Cougar, said in an interview with Al-Mada that "the number of employees in the Iraqi state is more than nine times the global ratios, and this is a large number that should be considered and addressed according to sound frameworks."[/size]
[size=45]Cougar added, "International standards of public service for all societies require the presence of one employee for every 100 individuals, but in Iraq, we find there are nine employees for every 100 citizens, and this means that 9% of Iraqis work in state institutions."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "Treating this job slack is very important, and talking about laying off employees should be done according to correct mechanisms that do not create side problems for us."[/size]
[size=45]Cougar pointed out, "the need to have a valid database for all employees in the Iraqi state, and this does not exist until the present time, although it is the task of the Federal Service Council, which began its duties some time ago."[/size]
[size=45]He noted, "Iraq needs to clean up the state's lists of aliens, multi- and double-salaries, and it is a joint task between the Federal Service Council and the relevant ministries."[/size]
[size=45]And Cougar stated, "Laying off employees should create new job opportunities, otherwise we will face a major social problem that we cannot easily avoid." developing it and not leaving the situation as it is.”[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, he considered that "mistakes made by previous governments should not be borne by the citizen, especially in terms of negative effects," calling for "creating the appropriate atmosphere before taking any step that contributes to laying off a number of employees."[/size]
[size=45]Cougar does not go far from “the necessity of searching for alternatives to oil in financing the budget, and providing financial allocations for this large number of employees, while at the same time supporting private projects and individual initiatives that encourage some of them to leave work in state institutions and go to the private sector.”[/size]
[size=45]And he stressed, "The state treasury's reliance on one source, which is oil, and 80% of its revenues going to the operating budget related to employee salaries, all of this puts Iraq in front of a major obstacle that it cannot overcome and confront economic crises."[/size]
[size=45]Cougar added, "The warnings of securing salaries for employees in the future are not pessimistic, but rather a mechanism for managing the state's economy, and the government's position, which is loaded with concerns about the risks of a large number of employees, comes from real and logical risks."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, economist Ahmed Saddam says, "The economic situation requires Iraq to rely on sources of income other than oil through the adoption of correct and sober policies."[/size]
[size=45]Saddam continued, "Studies indicate that dependence on the oil sector will decrease until 2045 by 20%, and that OPEC has prepared a study stating that oil demand in the same year will be up to 109 million barrels per day."[/size]
[size=45]And he noted, "Iraq depends on oil to finance its operating budget and what goes to the salaries of employees, and this from an economic perspective is a big mistake."[/size]
[size=45]Saddam finds that "solutions exist to address the issue of securing the salaries of employees in the future by activating collection and promoting investments related to the oil side, such as the gas industry."[/size]
[size=45]He demanded, "that there be policies to diversify the sources of national income, and the collapse of the oil market due to the health crisis is evidence of that, and addressing this is by strengthening the commodity and service sectors in order to be actually productive."[/size]
[size=45]Saddam concluded, "The survival of the Iraqi economy is through strategic policies in which successive governments continue their work, not to look for patchwork solutions that end with the end of the government's life."[/size]
[size=45]Finance Minister Ali Abdul Amir Allawi had made a statement that raised fears that Iraq would not be able to secure the salaries of its employees in the coming years due to the decline in global dependence on oil, and this might lead to the layoffs of many of them.[/size]
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