Transport Minister Dr Saad al-Geyoushi decided to link bonuses for employees across the ministry and its sectors to increased revenue, productivity and service improvements.
Ministry spokesman Ahmed Ibrahim said al-Geyoushi’s vision was to connect incentives, bonuses and grants to work and output, applying reward and accountability and equal rights and duties to senior leaders before junior employees.
He added that those who work and produce should not be treated like those who do not work or create problems and confusion. He noted that the minister had withheld railway executives’ incentives since taking office three months ago, linking them to better performance and improvements acceptable to citizens.
He said al-Geyoushi sought to improve employees’ conditions throughout the ministry through increased revenue and genuine production. It was unreasonable for a service to have billions in debt and losses while paying incentives and bonuses, which should reward achievement and success rather than decades of loss and failure.
He said the minister had decided to pay employees a performance bonus at the end of December after reviewing revenue growth, a right deserved by all diligent Transport Ministry employees.