Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Mozambican deputy minister of the economy and finance said on Wednesday that the registration of members of the defence and security forces in the new state payment system is “almost complete”, adding that the months in arrears are also “almost all paid”.
“We have the whole process almost completed, which is the registration of employees, especially in the special area, which is the military area, within the state payment system,” Carla Louveira told Lusa on the sidelines of the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance Conference, which has been taking place in Maputo since Wednesday.
At issue are salary delays in the civil service in recent months due to inconsistencies in the application of the new single salary scale (TSU), a problem that has mainly affected members of the defence and security forces (police and military).
The Mozambican head of state, Filipe Nyusi, issued an order last month for the payment of defence and security forces personnel, who were about two months behind in their salaries, to return to the previous payment system, until the problems of “non-conformity detected” in the application of the new salary scale are overcome.
“Basically, almost everyone has been paid. There’s a small group who haven’t finalised their registration yet, but this is also happening. This is an ongoing process,” she said.
On Monday, the Mozambican police association (AMOPAIP) complained about irregularities in the payment of salaries to police officers, asking the relevant authorities for explanations.
“Salaries continue to be paid in a way that we can’t understand. Some get paid and others don’t. Those who do receive salaries continue to have a deduction that nobody can justify and nobody is coming out to explain,” said Nazário Muanambane, leader of AMOPAIP, during a press conference in Maputo.
According to previous information from the ministry of the economy and finance, the delays in paying the salaries of the defence and security forces were due to registration problems in the new payment system, taking into account the migration to the single system, which began in June, and was previously done through the ministries of the interior and defence.
The TSU was approved in 2022 in order to eliminate disparities and keep the state wage bill under control in the medium term, but the start-up caused salaries to skyrocket by around 36%, from an expenditure of 11.6 billion meticais/month (€169 million/month) to 15.8 billion meticais/month (€231 million/month).
The new state salary scale has 21 levels, from 8,756 to 165,758 meticais (from €134 to €2,580), instead of 103 levels, as was previously the case.
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