what message are we trying to bring to the next
generation?
"cmon, son, study hard and be a minister next time, that's where
all the moolah is!! Look! The ministers' salaries are rising
again!!"
We CAN'T compare private sector to the government...first of all.
Yea...to attract the best talents in private sectors, it is wise to
spend a big deal of woo them. After all, it is the private sector
where all are free to choose. The private companies are founded
from scratch and may be family businesses, of course they can
dictate whatever they wants. Father wants son to succeed business,
yea sure, no problem! Companies wants to hire top talents by
splurging huge amount of money, no problem with that too! After
all, it's their own businesses and the board of directors can make
decisions themselves.
No doubts about that. But whereas in the government sector, every
decisions they make affects the citizens in the country.what could
have been a reason for a person to aspire to be a minister in the
first place? If money is the only motivating factor,
pskkkk.......he is not suitable for this role. The other factor
would be his love for his country, to see the country grow into a
first class nation, to see the citizens living well. Otherwise,
where does the term "Civil Servant" comes about? They SERVES the
country.
and yes, to use this excuse (prevent corruption) so as to increase
the minister salaries is totally atrocious. Does that mean our
minister is prone to corruption so easily? Just simply more money
will lure them away from our government? It would be really sad to
be true. So what if after raising the salaries and years later, the
old problem is dug up again? Do we raise the salaries even higher?
How high, by how much? Will there ever a limit? Or will they suka
suka raise it again? walowe...cannot be right?
How many great country leaders in the past led their countries with
a passion fuelled by the love for their country, the desire to see
it grow? Other countries minister's or president's pay are only a
fraction of what our top ministers are getting, and yet they still
are able to maintain a corruption-free government. It is only a
matter of self-control and the love for their job, their passion
towards the very country they are serving. I can see a petition
against this issue already....
