50% of housing allowance will be reinstated
Tuesday, 20 November 2012 08:17 Muna Tesfai Economy >>> . The National Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has announced the reinstatement of the 50% housing allowance and other allowances for civil servants. The Deputy Minister of Finance, Marial Awou, told Radio Miraya that the payment of the allowances will start with government workers who are in Grades 10 to 17. Awou, said the housing allowances of the army and other organized forces from the rank of Sergeant Major to the rank of Private should not be scrapped. He said that the resumption of the payment will depend on when the Ministry receives money, adding that payments will be calculated from the month of October. 'Now the decision was made just not only looking at the grades, but looking at the incomes, looking at the gross salaries these people receive, we found out that those workers that are grade seventeen up to ten, I think they were receiving approximately four hundred up to four hundred and fifty, and when you take away fifty percent of the housing allowances they are left with around two hundred. So we thought and this should in fact remain a principle, whenever we want to reinstate we should start from the bottom. So the next round we may go maybe from grade seven up to nine, they will be paid their allowances and so on, until the last group will be the ministers.' -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
