‘Expatriate workers in Jordan transfer more than $1.8b annually’

By JT - Jul 26,2017 - Last updated at Jul 26,2017

AMMAN – Minister of Labour Ali Ghezawi said that expatriate workers in Jordan annually transfer more than $1.8 billion, and estimated their numbers to be between 800,000 to 1 million, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Tuesday.

Speaking at the opening of a labour directorate in the building of the Association for Investors in the Housing Sector (AIHS) and the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Association and the National Company for Employment and Training (NCET), he added that the housing sector has an important role in supporting and operating many other sectors. The memorandum was signed by Mohamed Al Saoub, director of Technical Affairs and Operations of the NCET, and Zuhair Al Amri, chairman of the AIHS.

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