DGAPR: Amounts Paid to Civil Servants are Grants and Not Allowances

The Social Solidarity Association for Civil Servants of the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) said that the sums of money paid to certain civil servants come from the budget of the Association, clarifying that they are not administrative allowances but a grant which is part of the social and medical services offered by the Association under its rules and regulations.

This clarification of the Association comes in reaction to information published by certain websites about the “payment of a grant of 5,000 dirhams to contaminated employees of the prison of Ouarzazate only, and to have excluded 13,000 employees exposed to the risk in other prisons of the Kingdom”.

The Association explains that this grant is usually given to all its members, civil servants, pensioners, widows and orphans, in accordance with the specific conditions and criteria and in full respect of the principles of equality, transparency and clarity in management.

It added that this solidarity-based initiative stems from the values ​​of solidarity and synergy that have characterized the work of the Association since its creation and that its involvement was therefore completely natural and spontaneous for the support and follow-up of all the staff infected with the new coronavirus, whether in K’sar Lkbir, Oudaya-Marrakech, Ouarzazate or Tangier, to mitigate the impact of this epidemic on these employees and their families.

The Association voiced its constant concern to serve civil servants and support them to face any emergency in their professional or personal life, according to an integrated social vision which takes into account the paramilitary nature of the department, the nature of the field of work, the particularity of the job and all that this requires in terms of social needs.

She also affirmed her absolute solidarity with all the employees infected with the Coronavirus, wishing them a speedy recovery.