Sulaymaniyah Teachers Demand Salary Payment

Kurdistan 12:30 PM - 2024-12-07

Sulaymaniyah Protest.

New protests by teachers and public employees began in Sulaymaniyah on Saturday, December 7, 2024, in response to the delay of paying their wages for October, November, and December.

The demonstrators demanded immediate payment of their salaries, protesting against delays exceeding two months, and called for justice in this matter.

According to PUKMEDIA's follow-up, the Iraqi federal government transferred 763 billion dinars last week for the October salaries of public employees; however, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) asserts that it needs 998 billion dinars monthly to disburse salaries.

The KRG declines to release the October salary list, citing that the funds provided by Baghdad are inadequate to cover all payments.

Meanwhile, according to the figures provided by the KRG's Ministry of Finance, non-oil revenues amount to over 300 billion dinars per month, which proves that the government can cover the deficit in salary funds of at least two months. 

 

PUKMEDIA