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Head of School asks AG not to decrease civil servants' pay
AG says even if they cut 10% from their salaries they would have sucked out $110 million from the economy

Head of School asks AG not to decrease civil servants' pay

AG says even if they cut 10% from their salaries they would have sucked out $110 million from the economy

By Iva Danford
10/03/2022
Head of School for Lelean Memorial School Mohammed Feroz.

Head of School for Lelean Memorial School Mohammed Feroz has praised government for not reducing the civil servants' salaries and has asked the Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum if it could still be maintained in the Revised National Budget.

Feroz highlighted this during the public consultations for the revised budget at Rishikul Sanatan College Hall in Nasinu.

He told the AG that this has resulted in him helping his sisters with groceries.

While responding to Feroz, Sayed-Khaiyum says they pay $1.1 billion in salaries.

He says even if they cut 10% of the salaries of civil servants they would have sucked out $110 million from the economy and it could have shrunk even further.

Sayed-Khaiyum says there is no way they could justify cutting the pay of the other people who are leading the charge like doctors and nurses. 

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