Over 7,800 federal jobs await citizens in '26, says FNC report

A parliamentary report approved by the Federal National Council (FNC) in its previous session revealed that the number of job vacancies in the 2026 federal government budget had increased to 7,842.

- Sallam Abu Shehab, Staff Reporter

This necessitates the launch of federal initiatives to fill the targeted vacancies.The Federal National Council's Committee on Financial, Economic and Industrial Affairs has prepared a report on the 2026 budget, which indicates that the draft budget reflects the outcomes of the recent government restructuring.

It includes seven new federal entities with a budget totalling Dhs1.315 billion. Three of these are in the government affairs sector: the Emirates Council for Research and Development, the Executive Office for Control and Non-Proliferation, and the National Committee for Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Financing of Weapons.

There are also three entities in the social development sector, namely the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the Ministry of Family Affairs, and the National Olympic Committee.

Finally, one entity is included in the infrastructure and economic resources sector, which is the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

The committee's report confirmed that the budget included the restructuring of several entities within the social development sector. This included transforming the Ministry of Community Development into the Ministry of Community Empowerment, integrating early childhood education into the remit of the Ministry of Education, and establishing a Ministry of Sports.