Rising unemployment in Saudi Arabia and false claims by Saudi officials about job localization.
An international website has highlighted the rise in unemployment in Saudi Arabia, saying that Saudi officials are spreading false propaganda about the localization of jobs.
The international website Stars & Strip reported that Saudi officials were spreading lies about the localization of jobs in order to show a reduction in the unemployment rate.
The site stressed that the unemployment rate in Saudi Arabia is still high, while Saudi officials claim to have provided thousands of job opportunities, especially for women.
According to the website, many jobs for Saudi women in Saudi Arabia are very low-paying, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s propaganda to increase job opportunities for Saudi women is deceptive.
“When Saudi officials talk about localizing jobs to provide job opportunities for Saudi women, they are talking about jobs that were previously done by migrant workers from Asia and other Arab and African countries,” the website said.
Following criticism from much Saudi youth, Saudi officials have been promoting job creation and reducing unemployment in the shadow of the 2030 vision.
Recently, Turki al-Ja’wini, director-general of the Saudi Human Resources Development Fund (Target), claimed that he had supported the employment of 25,000 young Saudi men and women.
Over the past few weeks, many Twitter users have launched an e-campaign to express outrage at the continuing high unemployment rate and rising unemployment in Saudi Arabia.
Twitter users launched a hashtag in Saudi Arabia to condemn a Saudi newspaper that claimed that the unemployment rate in Saudi Arabia was declining. They showed that the unemployment rate, poverty was rising and the living conditions of the Saudis were deteriorating.
It is worth noting that the Saudi newspaper Al-Eqtesadiya reported that the unemployment rate in Saudi Arabia will decrease by the end of the fourth quarter of 2020.
According to the newspaper, unemployment among Saudi citizens and residents decreased to 7.4% in the fourth quarter of last year, and the average unemployment rate for Saudi citizens reached 12.6% in the same period last year (compared to the third quarter of last year). 14.9%) had a clear decrease. Saudi Arabia’s female unemployment rate also fell from 30.2 percent in the previous quarter to 24.4 percent.
Many Twitter users have denied claims by Saudi officials about reducing unemployment, calling Mohammed bin Salman’s policies shaky.
According to the McKinsey International Institute, Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate among Saudi citizens has reached 12.3 percent and is expected to rise to 22 percent in the light of 2030. With 200,000 young Saudis joining the domestic workforce, the pressure on the domestic economy is increasing and becoming more difficult to bear year after year.
Despite “economic reforms” that began more than two years ago, and as the Saudi Crown Prince proclaimed his vision, job opportunities or the development of other non-oil industries have not been very successful.
The Saudi government has taken various measures to reduce foreign labor, including the localization of jobs and the use of Saudis in various sectors of the economy, and has decided to develop “Saudiization of the economy” as one of the pillars of the 2030 vision. Light jobs led to market catastrophes and deteriorating labor conditions.
