Rabat – Morocco’s government has announced that ministers and deputy ministers will donate one month’s net salary for the relief efforts for the victims of the earthquake that struck several Moroccan provinces last week.
“Ministers, deputy ministers, the high commissioners, the general commissioner, and the ministerial commissioner [will donate] one month’s net salary, before income tax or retirement and social security contributions,” an official release by the government reads.
Other public servants throughout the country will donate one day’s pay for each of the next three months (September, October, and November). The pay will be deducted from their net salary before taxes or any retirement and social security contributions.
The official release also reiterated the government’s “full mobilization” to face the repercussions of the devastating disaster.
So far, the earthquake has taken over 2,900 lives, with over 5,000 suffering from injuries of varying severities.
Earlier on Thursday, King Mohammed VI chaired an inter-ministerial meeting to implement a resettlement plan for the families affected by the quake.
As part of the plan, affected families will receive MAD 30,000 ($3,000) in emergency aid. In addition, families with partially collapsed homes will receive MAD 80,000 ($8,000), while those who completely lost their homes will receive MAD 140,000 ($14,000).
