Salaries of Cabinet ministers to rise by 50%

Joseph Harmon

Cabinet Ministers are to see their salaries rise by 50% in a move likely to generate criticism as public servants were given a small salary hike after having been promised a “significant” increase by the APNU+AFC government.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said that he would make no apologies for the 50% salary increases to Cabinet ministers, arguing that it is well-deserved.

“I’m not going to make any apologies whatsoever for ministers getting an increase in salaries,