Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Malcolm Watkins yesterday said the two week bonus announced by President Irfaan Ali is the “risk allowance” that has been promised to health care workers, while the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has maintained that the position was contrary to an informal agreement that had been reached.
“What the President said is all health care workers will receive two weeks’ pay as risk allowance in the month of December,” Watkins said in response to questions from Stabroek News yesterday.
Speaking with media following an event at the Ministry’s Material Manage-ment Unit (MMU), Watkins explained that the “bonus” announced by Ali is government’s “first initiative for risk allowance.”
