“The number of Saudis who joined the labour market in January exceeded 28,000 young men and women, through the branches of HADAF and TAQAT employment centres and employment support and empowerment programs.

“We have worked on formulating it with private sector establishments through many workshops, in order to improve the Saudi labour market environment, raise its efficiency and make it in line with global labour markets, in terms of attractiveness, high competitiveness and attracting skilled people,” he added.