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Despite COVID-19 Pandemic, Senator Asks FG To Cut Workers’ Salary
In spite of the hardship and economic downturn that pervade the country which is occassioned by the virulent COVID-19 infection, senator representing Borno south, Ali Ndume, has called on the federal government to slash workers’ salaries.
The senator made the call when he appeared on a Channels Television programme.
Giving reasons for his proposition, the lawmaker said workers are not entitled to full salaries since they have not resumed.
Ndume, however, urged the government to provide palliatives for the workers if they are expected to make such sacrifice.
He added that the government needs to pump money into capital expenditure instead of spending 70% of the budget on recurrent expenditure.
“Government should critically look at the personnel and recurrent expenditure which consumes about 70 per cent of the budget. Money should be pumped into capital,” Ndume said.
“People should make sacrifices. This is the time to look at issues critically. But as I said, When I talk like this – and make my opinion – people look at it and call me all sorts of names. But I try to express myself.
“I think there should be more sacrifice, especially on the personnel side. How can you sustain the same personnel and overhead costs when even the work that you are doing, most people don’t go to the office now, and they are being paid fully for the month.
“Is there any justification for that? If you cannot work because of the pandemic, then you should be given palliatives and be paid less.”
The federal government had asked the civil servants to stay at home in order to check the spread of COVID-19.
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