• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Constative

Constative

News, Celebrity Lifestyle, Facts And References

  • Home
  • News
  • Celebrity
  • Entertainment
  • Facts File
  • Lifestyle
  • World

Burkina Faso lawmakers agree on a 50 percent pay cut

January 14, 2015 by Kelly Davies 1 Comment

All by themselves it was agreed to have it sliced to the best possible minimum. The Burkina Faso’s interim lawmakers have unanimously agreed to make do with lesser pay after local unions and rights groups complained of their $3,000 per month salary to be too high for one of the poorest nations on earth.

Following the resignation of the country’s former president, Blaise Compaore, who stepped aside amid mass protests over his bid to change the constitution to stay in power.

bokiii2

The National Transititional Council (CNT), made up of politicians, soldiers and civil society leaders, were put in place late last year after the president stepped down.

Editorial content

123

Honore Nombre, vice president of the CNT, said lawmakers had agreed to forfeit a number of benefits initially offered and would now be paid a total of 880,000 CFA francs ($1,580) per month instead of 1.7 million CFA francs.

“The CNT is conscious that we are as a result of the people and for the people,” Nombre said.

The West African nation of around 17 million has a GDP per capita of around $650, according to U.N. statistics.

Civil society leaders who joined the 90-member CNT were in particular criticised for accepting the levels of pay that they were until recently attacking as signs of the inequality that marked Compaore’s time in power.

Although Burkina Faso has become a significant regional gold miner in recent years, the revolution was stoked by frustration over corruption, inequalities and economic growth not translating into concrete change for the poor majority.

The transitional council is due to fulfil the roll of Burkina Faso’s parliament until legislative and presidential elections due later this year are held.

Civil society leaders and some diplomats are keen to see a number of reforms, including on issues related to the mining sector, and stalled investigations into corruption and killings, completed during the transition.

Filed Under: News

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Ope Adediran says

    January 14, 2015 at 7:26 pm

    We can copy this in Nigeria

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

Primary Sidebar

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

More to See

Tom Cruise Yells at Works for Breaking Pandemic Restrictions

Top Ski Resorts in the World for Celebs

Bizarre Facts About Tom Cruise

Fun Facts About The Hollywood Sign

Where’s the Cast of Saved By The Bell Now

Celebs Who Played in Kids’ Cartoons

Footer

About Us

Constative.com is popular news and information site. With one hundred thousand unique monthly visitors Constative.com provides interesting and engaged news. We cover sports, entertainment and auto news.

For more information see our Contact Us page.

  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy and Cookie Policy

Search

Copyright © 2021 · Constative,com "not a made up word"