A retiree who never held a post in Sharjah’s government but draws a supplementary grant will now see monthly income lifted to AED20,000 — one strand of a broader package of orders from His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, that resets the emirate’s minimum living standard across several groups of citizens.
That particular category covers 5,300 people, carrying a yearly bill of AED159 million. Pensioners who retired from the Sharjah government fall under the same AED20,000 floor, a step affecting 2,251 individuals and costing AED113,056,572 each year.
The largest single group is the government workforce. Sheikh Sultan’s instruction lifts the wage baseline for 17,776 Sharjah government staff to AED20,000, an outlay the emirate puts at north of AED720 million annually.
For households drawing social assistance, the figure climbs to AED20,000 a month as well. Abdullah Ibrahim Al Zaabi, who chairs Sharjah’s Department of Human Resources, laid out the details during the “Direct Line” program aired on Sharjah Radio and Television, noting the change reaches 6,652 families and adds AED195,130,164 to the government’s yearly commitments. He fixed the start date at September 1, 2026.
Added up, the orders touch upwards of 31,900 people and families, pushing the extra annual expense past AED1.18 billion.
The emirate frames the whole effort within its social support framework — a set of policies built around financial stability and a dignified quality of life for citizens.
