Participants in the livestock census for the year 2024 complained about the delay in their compensation, despite the end of the process since late last December, in the absence of indicators about the results of this statistical process, which Morocco relies on to determine the status of the national herd.
According to sources from those involved in the operation, especially at the level of the Draa-Tafilalet region, they did not receive a financial advance that was stipulated in the contracts they signed with the National Association of Sheep and Goat Breeders (Anoc).
The third clause of these contracts, according to a copy of it seen by Hespress, stipulates that “the rent will be paid after three weeks in the form of a report on the completed work (the number of filled-out census forms), and it will be settled in full at the end of the task.”
The second clause of these contracts stipulates that the employee accepts a contract with the operator within this specific process from the period of signing this contract until the end of the census process.
A source from the National Association of Sheep and Goat Breeders, in a statement to Hespress, responded to these complaints, saying that “all compensation is being processed during this time.”
Regarding the news of this process, which ended 21 days ago, the same source stated that “there is nothing new with the association, and all other data is with the ministry concerned with the sector.”
One of the participants in the process of counting livestock for the year 2024 in the Midelt region said that he “did not receive any application or any final compensation for the service despite signing the contract last December.”
-The spokesman added to Hespress that before signing the contract, the officials promised him that there would be an advance during the beginning of the census process, with full compensation being paid at the end of the collection of statistical data.
The association determined the value of the compensation on the piece-rate system, and limited it to 30 net dirhams, including all dues, for each census form that was properly filled out and whose data was arranged in an orderly manner when interviewing the “sector.”
The same spokesman complained about this delay, saying: “I borrowed a sum of money to cover the costs of traveling to the roundabouts to count the livestock, and some of my colleagues participating in the operation rented cars for this purpose.”
He continued: “We contacted the association to inquire about the matter and they promised us that the compensation would be paid two weeks before today, but without any effect.” He revealed that “during his signing of the contract, he did not receive a copy of it.”
For his part, another participant said: “Despite the debts we accumulated in order to participate in the operation, the burden of transportation, and the fatigue of wandering around the circles, no compensation has been provided to us up to now.”
He added: “I suffered from the burden of transportation expenses throughout this period until the end of the census process in late December,” pointing out that “despite communicating with the association and promising to pay compensation two weeks ago, nothing was provided.”
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