Bahrain Mirror: The number of Ministry of Information Affairs' staff was recorded to be 1092 employees, divided into 820 Bahrainis, constituting 75%, and 272 foreigners, constituting 25% of the staff, according to official numbers presented by Minister of Information Ali Al-Rumaihi to MP Ghazi Al Rahma.

The numbers exhibited that most Bahraini employees in the Ministry work on a permanent contract basis, while only 33 Bahrainis only work on temporary contract basis out of 787 employees. Temporary Bahraini employees therefore represent only 4%.

On the other hand, around 92%, i.e. 250 foreigners work on temporary basis in the Ministry, while only 22 foreign employees work on permanent basis.

On a different now, Minister Al-Rumaihi noted that his ministry had tailed different training programs for employees targeting 200 of them.

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