{"id":91124,"date":"2025-12-01T08:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:06:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:06:45","slug":"yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker","title":{"rendered":"Yusef Taylor Critiques Salary Equalization for Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Journalist Yusef Taylor has raised concerns over newly approved salary adjustments for members of The Gambia\u2019s National Assembly, arguing that the changes create inconsistencies in the country\u2019s hierarchy of public officials. During a discussion on the weekly public affairs program, The Brunch, Taylor said the revised pay structure elevates the Speaker\u2019s salary to the same level as that of the Vice President\u2014the nation\u2019s second-in-command.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to Taylor, the Speaker\u2019s basic salary will rise from D100,000 to D150,000, matching that of the Vice President. \u201cThis is not making sense because the vice president is second in command and the Speaker is third in command, so why are you second in command equal to the third in command?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taylor noted that the salary increases extend across the legislature, with all National Assembly Members receiving a 50 percent raise. But he argued that the new structure disrupts the broader salary hierarchy within government.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the Deputy Speaker, whose salary will rise from D70,000 to D105,000, will now earn more than the Chief Justice, who makes D78,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see, so then even the Speaker will now be well above the Chief Justice, and the Deputy Speaker will also be above the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice is on D78,000, which is close to what the ordinary National Assembly members will now earn,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new adjustments, the basic salary for ordinary lawmakers will increase from D52,000 to D78,000, surpassing Cabinet ministers, whose salaries remain unchanged at D65,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Majority Leader will see an increase from D58,000 to D87,000, while the Minority Leader will rise from D55,000 to D82,000.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor said these changes create what he called \u201ca leapfrogging effect,\u201d with lawmakers overtaking ministers and other senior officials in pay. \u201cThey will now jump over ministers who remain constant at D65,000,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Journalist Yusef Taylor has raised concerns over newly approved salary adjustments for members of The Gambia\u2019s National Assembly, arguing that the changes create inconsistencies in the country\u2019s hierarchy of public officials. During a discussion on the weekly public affairs program, The Brunch, Taylor said the revised pay structure elevates the Speaker\u2019s salary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-91124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yusef Taylor Critiques Salary Equalization for Speaker - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Journalist Yusef Taylor has raised concerns over newly approved salary adjustments for members of The Gambia\u2019s Nation ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yusef Taylor Critiques Salary Equalization for Speaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Journalist Yusef Taylor has raised concerns over newly approved salary adjustments for members of The Gambia\u2019s Nation ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-01T08:50:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-01T09:06:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1764567356.793184.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Yusef Taylor Critiques Salary Equalization for Speaker\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-01T08:50:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-01T09:06:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker\"},\"wordCount\":327,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/12\/sm_1764567356.793184.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yusef-taylor-critiques-salary-equalization-for-speaker\",\"name\":\"Yusef Taylor Critiques Salary Equalization for Speaker - 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