DR. GHAZI BIN ABDULRAHMAN AL-GOSAIBI, MINISTER OF LABOR, DISCLOSED THAT HIS MINISTRY IS PLANNING TO PUBLISH THE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE KINGDOM ON MONTHLY BASES. IN A STATEMENT TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY FOLLOWING A MEETING WITH SENIOR LABOR OFFICERS IN RIYADH TODAY, AL-GOSAIBI SAID STATEMENTS ON THE NUMBER OF SAUDI JOB-SEEKERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED EVERY MONTH. AS FAR AS THE MINISTRY OF LABOR IS CONCERNED, THE UNEMPLOYED IS HE WHO REGISTERED HIS NAME AS UNEMPLOYED AND IS INTERESTED TO HAVE A SUITABLE JOB, AL-GOSAIBI STATED. HE DESCRIBED THE ISSUE OF EMPLOYING THE UNEMPLOYED AS HIS MINISTRY'S FIRST PRIORITY, NOTING THAT THERE ARE NOW 292,000 MALE UNEMPLOYED AND 176,000 FEMALE UNEMPLOYED. IF AN UNEMPLOYED NEEDS TRAINING WE ARE GOING TO TRAIN HIM, HE CONCLUDED.
