Suicide is not the solution to the unemployment faced by Egypt's youth, Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said in statements on Monday.
Recent suicide cases in Egypt "are related to personal problems suffered by those people, not necessarily psychological," he said.
Nazif added that his government has plans that earnestly tackle unemployment through more investments at home and abroad. Boosting development will enable the government to secure around 750,000 job opportunities annually for Egypt's youth, he said.
Earlier on Monday, the country’s Minister of Manpower and Immigration Aisha Abdel Hady announced the government would provide urgent solutions for unemployment, saying the problem will become a government priority.
The move is presumed by observers to be an attempt to stave off potential protests over rising rates of employment.
The government has been anxious recently to appease Egyptians who are angry over climbing prices. Analysts believe the state fears repercussions from Tunisia, where four weeks of popular protests over unemployment forced president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country on 13 January after 23 years in power.
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
