CAIRO, Dec 22 — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said today that new subsidy cards for basic goods will cover no more than two people, warning newly weds they should no longer expect the state to feed their children.
The country’s sprawling subsidy programme provides items like bread, rice and sugar to more than 60 million Egyptians. Some 30% of the population fall beneath the government’s poverty line. Many struggle without running water or sanitation. “There is no way we will be issuing cards to people who are getting married. If you are getting married and you expect the state to give you a ration card, how can this be? You cannot afford ,” Sisi said at the inauguration of development projects in Upper Egypt.
Sisi said the decision would not affect the holders of cards issued in the past, but that any new card would only cover two individuals. He gave no indication when the change would take effect.
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