Female workers have expressed anger over the removal of low skills jobs from the Nitaqat Program website. Jobs for female cleaners, nannies and others in these categories have been replaced by vacancies for accountants, treasurers, cashiers and librarians that require a bachelor's degree. However, a source told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that the Human Resources Development Fund and the labor and finance ministries are studying the low salaries provided to Saudi nationals in the private sector. Their aim is to raise minimum salaries for Saudi nationals in the private sector to SR3,000 or above. The Kingdom has been making huge efforts to Saudize the workforce. King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, recently directed the setting of a minimum wage of SR3,000 a month for Saudi citizens. __
