Yemen – The local authority in the Yemeni capital Sanaa said the country is on schedule with an environmental and health disaster looming as a result of the strike by cleaners and municipalities.
The secretary of the capital, Amin Mohammed Jamaan, said that the reasons for the strike came from non-payment of salaries for the third month in a row, and in response to the call of the General Union of Municipalities and Housing for a comprehensive strike until the salaries of workers from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank.
He pointed out that the Capital Secretariat was obliged to supply all revenues of the local authority to the Central Bank on the basis that the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank will pay the salaries, and there are instructions to the Minister of Finance and the Central Bank to continue to pay the salaries of the cleaners without delay but delayed payment of salaries for the third month in a row.
He admitted that the capital Sanaa witnessed a significant deterioration in environmental and public hygiene services as a result of the failure of the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank to pay the salaries of cleaners.
He said: Despite the challenges and economic pressures faced by the local authority and the lack of resources and possibilities and the suffering of the capital from the lack of central support since 2014, which reduced resources to more than 50%, by mass migration and the reception of families and large numbers of new residents from the governorates of the Republic to Sanaa Which is currently hosting some 3 million displaced persons. However, it has taken care to ensure that the official carries out its national duties impartially and to prevent almost complete cessation of services and vital functions, including the continued provision of services to all, General and long-standing side of the palaces.
He warned of the worsening health situation in the event of a strike by workers and cleaners and the consequent environmental and health consequences on the large population of Sanaa, which is responsible for the failure of paying their salaries, especially in light of the spread of cases of cholera in the Secretariat of the capital these days with changing to the summer season from the rainy season, making the environment an incubator for the transmission of serious and rapid cholera infection among the community.
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