Ammon News - As part of a policy to clear longstanding financial obligations, the Cabinet approved the payment of JD70 million owed by the Ministry of Health to pharmaceutical companies for 2024.

This brings the total amount settled in recent weeks to approximately JD357 million.

Previously approved payments include JD42 million to printing presses for textbooks and curricula, JD60 million owed by ministries and public institutions to electricity distribution companies, JD10 million owed by the Water Authority, and JD25 million owed by the Yarmouk Water Company, both to electricity distributors.

The package includes JD100 million for public universities, settlement of JD40 million in debt for King Abdullah University Hospital and JD10 million for University of Jordan Hospital.

According to final 2025 financial data published earlier this week by the Ministry of Finance, the government paid JD620 million in accumulated arrears during 2024–2025 and expects total repayments to reach JD920 million by the end of 2026.