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With an investment of Dh24 billion, the UAE plans to create 75,000 new private sector jobs for Emiratis over the next five years, Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs told an event held in Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

At the event attended by Cabinet ministers and senior officials, the government set out the second 13 of the projects of the 50, marking the UAE’s 50th anniversar­y of its unificatio­n.

An integrated programme will also train and employ 10,000

Emirati nursing profession­als within the next five years. Training will be provided in three tracks including for health care assistants, a higher diploma in Emergency Medicine and a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Al Gergawi said.

The programme is supported and led by Fatima College of Health Sciences and ACTVET, the Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training.

The minister said a 12-month vocational training programme will be launched in cooperatio­n with private and semigovern­mental companies.

 ?? WAM ?? Mohammad Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs speaking at the second event for ‘Projects of the 50’.
WAM Mohammad Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs speaking at the second event for ‘Projects of the 50’.

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