Sharjah Ruler directs supplementary grants to heirs

His Highness has instructed that this supplementary grant will continue to be provided to the families of deceased retirees—regardless of whether they served in government, federal agencies, other emirate governments, or the private sector, so that support is not cut off upon the passing of the primary breadwinner. The grant will be disbursed starting in February 2025, with retroactive payments calculated from the date the grant was halted for the deceased retiree’s family. This announcement was made during a telephone intervention by Abdullah Ibrahim Al Zaabi, Chairman of the Sharjah Department of Human Resources, on the "Direct Line" program aired by the Sharjah Broadcasting Authority.