President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that his government is examining innovative approaches to foster an economy where more money is placed into the pockets of the working class.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) said that the President made the statement as he addressed a gathering at his official residence for a brunch to commemorate May Day.
“We have to find more innovative ways in which we’ll ensure that our farmers can be supported. The productive sector can be supported. As I speak to you, the government I lead, we are examining those innovative ways to ensure that more money remains in the pockets of the workers, especially the working class”, the president said.
The government has come under increasing pressure to allocate more oil revenues to improve the circumstances of the working class as opposed to massive spending on infrastructure.
He went on to emphasise that the most critical part of his government’s transformative agenda, is to improve the standard of living for the poor, vulnerable, and oppressed.
Investments in facilities and the necessary tools are underway to enhance the productivity and earnings of the working class, he said.
According to the president, his government prioritises pragmatic policies over ideology, as he highlighted positive outcomes.
“We don’t practice ideology and philosophy; we implement measures and policies that give life and meaning to societal change.
We practice a proper differential approach to growth and development,” the President said according to DPI.
He declared that the working class will not only have the best welfare package in the region but will also emerge as the most advanced, educated, and skilled population in 2030 and beyond, as the government is actively revolutionising the education sector.
“The education revolution that we have started is not only to give those who can get into university a chance but to give those who never had the opportunity to get in secondary school a chance once again, so that together, in a huge upward momentum, all of us [move] upward together,” he asserted.
