You have to bear in mind that when we talk about public
service, there is not just 1 single kind of
employee:
Firstly, there there are the "normal civil servants (such are
nurses, teachers, clerical staff, etc)" who are not paid
extraordinarily. These are the ones who do most work but get paid
the least.....
And then there are the "top civil servants" such as the perm secs,
Administrative Officers and directors, etc....who are paid much
more than the abovementioned.
And lastly, there are the political appointees, who are now
suggesting that their million dollar plus annual salary raised by
another million.
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I personally have nothing against raising the salary of the 1st
category of civil servants because what they do in their daily work
is open to public scrutiny. But for the last 2 categories, the
citizens of this country deserve to know why it is justifiable for
their pay to go up as multiple millions of dollars will be
expended....at the very least, greater details about their job
scopes and responsibilities should be made public knowledge.
