Gov’t eying 10% hike for public servants

Winston Jordan

The new government is looking to increase public servants’ salaries by 10% in keeping with the APNU+AFC promise in its elections manifesto, ac-cording to newly-appointed Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who says the administration also has to work on tempering expectations.

Jordan, who took the oath of office on Wednesday, said while it sounds good to have a 10% payout,