MUSCAT — Shaikh Khalid bin Omar al Marhoon, Minister of Civil Service and Deputy Chairman of the Civil Service Council, has said the Ministry of Civil Service has urged all units of the state’s administrative apparatus (government departments) to implement a Civil Service Council decision to increase the rate of employment of the disabled.
The council took the decision during its second meeting of 2011 when it was agreed to expand the rate of recruitment of the disabled among Omani citizens in various government departments. The minister pointed out in a statement to the media yesterday that his call seeks to safeguard the rights of the disabled for employment.
The above-mentioned decision, he said, comes as part of a set of procedures to integrate the disabled into the society and to provide all appropriate means to encourage them to work and rely on themselves for making a living, said Al Marhoon.
The minister added that he would follow up the implementation of the decision which will open up a wide range of employment opportunities for the disabled people in different government departments, a right and a humanitarian gesture backed by all those concerned. Al Marhoon said in comments that the recruitment of the disabled is a joint responsibility and everybody or department is required to co-operate to help utilise the full potential of the disabled. He said that the disabled are capable of efficiently handling a large number of jobs. The civil society institutions in the Sultanate work hard to encourage the rehabilitation and employment of the disabled. — ONA