Rabat- After more than ten months since issuing the 2014 financial law, the government Council today finally approved the decree that provides direct support for widows fixed at MAD350 per month for each orphan.
During a meeting Thursday, the Council of the government endorsed draft decree No. 2-14-791, which determines the conditions and criteria upon which widows in difficult situations can benefit from government’s direct social aid.
A ministerial committee was formed to review and decide on the amount and methods of distributing these allocations.
On the sidelines of the Council meeting, Mustapha Elkhalfi, Minister of Communication and the government spokesman, said in a meeting with the press that this project has ben prepared by the Minister of Economy and Finance and aims at benefiting orphaned children.
The Minister added that this project would provide social funds fixed at MAD 350 per month for each orphan under 21 years.
The Minister said that there is “no age limit if the orphan is disabled”.
The direct social fund allocated to orphans was a “secretive surprise” that Abdelilah Benkirane promised Moroccans just before the general strike that took place on Monday, October 29.
Edited by Timothy Filla
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