Govt Unveils $60 Million Housing Facility For Civil Servants

Government will tomorrow unveil a $60 million housing facility for civil servants as part of non-monetary incentives to its workers.

Tomorrow’s event will see chairman of the Civil Service Commission signing a Memorandum of Agreement with the National Building Society (NBS) on the roll out of the $60 million project. Although the project is open to civil servants, there are units that are available to non-civil servants. In an invitation the CSC said:

The chairman Civil Service Commission (CSC) will be signing a Memorandum of Agreement with the National Building Society on the roll out of a $60 million facility for public service housing project.This is in light with Government continued efforts to improve conditions for its employees. The Public Service Commission, in conjunction with the National Building Society has come up with various monetary and non-monetary incentives. Amongst the non-monetary incentives is the provision of affordable housing for members of the public service, through a $60 million facility provided by the National Building Society.

The signing ceremony will be attended by CSC commissioners, officials from the Ministries of Finance and Economic Development; Local Government, Public Works and National Housing; Public Service; Labour and Social Welfare and NBS.

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