30 May 2012
AMMAN -- The Ministry of Agriculture has recommended that the Cabinet raise the professional allowance of veterinarians working in the public sector from 110 to 135 per cent, Minister of Agriculture Ahmad Khattab said on Tuesday.

He stressed the government's support for veterinarians' demands, which include higher salaries. Veterinarians working in the public sector began a strike on Sunday, which led to a delay in the entry of several meat shipments and a halt in the work of veterinary laboratories.

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