Registry splurges on chefs’ cars. . . as workers fume over unpaid 2023 allowances

WORKERS at the Department of Civil Registry have expressed outrage after learning that the Registrar-General sought Treasury permission to divert funds allocated for their allowances to the procurement of “chefs” cars and catering for transport expenses.

Employees at the Civil Registry Department, which falls under the Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage ministry, claim they have been partially paid for their participation in the national mobile registration blitz conducted between March and April 2023, ahead of the general elections.

The government had committed to pay each worker US$120 per day for the exercise, amounting to US$3 600 for the three months, but it has not been able to clear the arrears to date.

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