Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton is calling on the Guyana Government to grant a 25 percent salary/wage increases to public servants.
During a press conference today, the Leader put forward a series of “reasonable arguments”, which he says are that any public servant would make with regard to the much needed “compensation” they require.
Among them are the salaries of the president and ministers, which he used to compare those of public servants.
“The President earns approximately G$34,800,000 (G$2.9 million monthly).
The Ministers and Leader of the Opposition earn approximately G$21,600,000 (G$1.8 million monthly), including benefits.
By contrast, General Public Servants earn a minimum of $100,000 per month (GYD $1,200,000 annually) by year-end 2025,” he noted.
Norton said that this means that a Minister earns in one month more than what the average worker earns in a year amd that the President earns three times the wages and salaries of a public servant in one month.
This comparison, he noted, shows a wide gap between the earning of the “government elite and the statutory minimum earnings”.
“Public servants, formal sector workers, and informal sector earners alike have felt the effects of stifling low wages and salaries and rising costs. Public servants carry the burden that while national wealth is rising, their purchasing power is collapsing.
The call is for more money to public servants with the aim of narrowing the gap between the government elite and public servants,” the PNCR Leader stressed.
