Zambia President, Edgar Lungu has decided to cut his salary and that of highly paid public workers to cushion impact on the citizen due to recent tariff hikes.
In a statement released by his office on Friday, 27th December, 2019, Lungu, a lawyer by profession said,
“The slashing of salaries for highly paid public officers in both Government and the parastatal sector is aimed at cushioning the impact on citizens arising from the increase in fuel prices and electricity tariffs announced by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) yesterday (Thursday)... I have shown the way, and those willing to work with me should be ready to sacrifice. God bless Zambia,” Lungu said.
He added, “I remain optimistic that the economy will rebound in 2020 due to the measures that my Government has put in place, including the implementation of cost-cutting measures relating to the travel of senior government officials and protecting the vulnerable through ring-fencing the resources to social sectors.”
The Presidential directive indicated that public officials would have their salaries cut by 20% whereas those in the middle would have their reduced by 15%, and those in the lower rung would be down by 10%.
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