“The year 2024 has been an intense and working year in which the central government has continued to focus on important and vital issues for Melilla.” The Delegate of the Government, Sabrina Moh, in an interview granted to Onda Cero, has made a balance of this year 2024.
Health
First, it has highlighted the completion of the University Hospital, “one of the works that will be remembered historically”. “The fact that we have been able to complete this work after an investment of more than 100 million euros is something remarkable,” he said.
The highest representative of the Government of Spain in the city has highlighted the advances in the field of health, especially the stabilization of health personnel contracts. He has also emphasized the completion and implementation of the renewed Primary Care Emergency Service (SUAP) in the facilities of Alvaro de Bazán.
Employment
In relation to employment, he has celebrated the transformation of work and the good impact of the policies of the Executive headed by Pedro Sánchez on the local economy. “We have gone from 8% of indefinite contracts to almost 50%,” he stressed, adding the value of job stabilization.
In addition, it has highlighted the promotion of key programs in the State Public Employment Service (SEPE), as well as the implementation of the Center for Orientation, Entrepreneurship, Accompaniment and Innovation for Employment (COE), as well as the expansion of staff aimed at guiding citizens.
Education
Moh recalled the launch of the CEIP Encarna León, “it seems that a long time ago, but it was in this 2024 that this center began to operate.” “For Melilla to have a center of more than 10 million euros, with state-of-the-art facilities and four lines is important to highlight,” he defended.
“Melilla has a quota of 100 teachers more than last year and 300 teachers more than the 2017-2018 academic year; right now we have 1,630 quotas,” he said. This, he said, “translates into an improvement in educational quality and, together with the construction of infrastructures, in the reduction of the ratio”.
Transports
The head of the Government Delegation has highlighted the establishment of the Transport Working Group with heads of the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, as well as of the Autonomous City, the Port Authority and the business sector of the city, to continue improving connectivity and transport services in Melilla.
Finally, he referred to the new maritime navigation contract that had an investment of 80 million euros. “The Government of Spain has worked to have more frequencies on some OSP routes,” he said. “With each new maritime contract, the Government of Pedro Sánchez has been improving prices and services,” he concluded.