By Lamin B. Darboe
The Minister of Public Service, Administrative Reforms, Policy Coordination and Delivery has explained that this year’s aggregate salary increment by Government is to curb attrition rate within the civil service.
It is also as a result of gross disparity of salaries and allowances between the mainstream Civil Service and the Subvented Agencies and Independent Institutions.
This statement was made by Minister Baboucarr Bouy during the Information Ministry’s bi-monthly Mansa Kunda Ministerial Townhall held on Friday, January 31st, 2025 at Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Centre in Bijilo.
The inter-face was graced by the cabinet ministers, government officials, and members of the public. The Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay chaired the ceremony assisted by the Deputy Director, GRTS, Modou Joof.
Minister Bouy catalogues the increment as follows: “Aaggregates salary has been increased by 30%, Transport and Residential Allowances increased by 100% and 105% respectively.
“As part of efforts to rationalize and standardize pay in the Civil Service, comparative pay analysis has been conducted across the public service and pay scale options developed. In 2023, 30% salary increment was approved,” Minister explained.
Attrition he said, poses serious challenge to develop and sustain the needed capacities for Ministries and Departments. He reported that his sector witnessed in the last 2 years, the loss of over 200 civil servants to the parastatals and the private sector.
Minister Bouy hopes that together with the Civil Service training programme, the salary increase will help retain professional personnel within the Civil Service.
The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Public Service, Pateh Jah gave the run down of the basic salary percentage increment for each grade as follows: Grade (1) 75 percent, Grade (2) 67 percent, Grade (3) 59 percent, Grade (4) 49 percent, Grade (5) 39 percent, Grade (6) 32 percent, Grade (7) 29 percent, Grade (8) 25 percent, Grade (9) 23 percent, Grade (10) 21 percent, Grade (11) 21 percent and Grade (12) 22 percent.
During the inter-face with the public MoPS senior officials discuss issues concerning their sector’s programmes.
