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The total compensation paid retroactively for the previous payment stood at about SR39 million. The total compensation paid by the program since its launch in December 2017 amounted today to SR97.7 billion, including SR773 million as compensation for previous payments, said program spokesman Sultan Al-Qahtani. Al-Qahtani said that 77 percent of the beneficiaries received support in this batch, and the average support for one family was SR1,054. Men reached 92 percent as heads of household while women reached the remaining 8 percent, he added. The national scheme aims to protect Saudi hou...

Sultan Al-Qahtani has been the spokesman and communication general manager of the Citizen Account Program since 2018. Al-Qahtani, who received a bachelor’s degree in English translation from King Khalid University (KKU) in 2007, is an ambassador of the Charity Orphans Care Foundation (Ekhaa). His KSA Awla initiative, which he started in 2010, has succeeded in helping thousands of young men and young women find suitable jobs. Moreover, he is a member of the Saudi Media National Association since 2020.  After graduation from KKU, Al-Qahtani joined King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundatio...

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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Citizen Account Program deposited SR1.9 billion ($506 million) into the accounts of 10.4 million beneficiaries for April, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. Total compensation for the previous instalment, paid retroactively, stood at SR20 million. The national scheme was created to protect Saudi households from the direct, indirect and expected