Job cuts loom in civil service

Government will have to implement a raft of measures, including rationalisation and abolition of posts, to cut the wage bill which gobbles more than 80% of revenue as it seeks to save nearly $400 million annually, a civil service audit report has revealed.

The audit carried out between February and April this year recommends far reaching reforms to meet government's target of reducing the wage bill from 80% to under 40% of revenue as indicated by Finance Mininster Patrick Chinamasain his mid-term fiscal policy presentation.