All ministers in The People’s Alliance-National Federation Party-Social Democratic Liberal Party coalition Government have taken a 30 per cent pay cut, says Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.
He said this during a media conference in Suva yesterday.
“It’s effective, apart from the 20 per cent from COVID, there’s also a 10 per cent reduction to 30 per cent,” the PM said. When quizzed on when the pay reduction had been put in place, he said it had already been effected.
“The departments should have been informed and they will effect it.
“Pay for the ministers are handled by the ministries.”
Former economy minister in the FijiFirst government Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum announced a 20 per cent pay cut for ministers and assistant ministers for six months in the COVID-19 Response Budget in March 2020.
