Antigua and Barbuda’s government has opted to raise the minimum occupational pension for former government employees to $1,000.00 monthly.
Their recent Cabinet report outlines that a “tiered increases to higher earning pensioners will be calculated and paid on a declining percentage.”
Cabinet Spokesperson Lionel Hurst informed the media on Thursday that the previous administration had set the minimum at $800. However, since the Antigua Barbuda Labour Party assumed office in 2014, they increased it by $50.
However, he said “it is still not sufficient” necessitating further augmentation “to ensure that our elderly citizens do not fall into abject poverty.”
He could not provide a precise date for the increase.
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So, what about the other pensioners? They don’t have needs? Chuups!
I assume that will also apply to former cabinet ministers.
Is it a copy cat of hon.balwind Spencer government of raising minimum pension for workers who built this country? Baldwin Spencer have leave good foot prints in the sand to emulate. Go Gaston redeem yourself.
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