A CABINET committee has been set up to explore ways to reduce government's unsustainable wage bill gobbling up more than 80% of revenue and will present its recommendations within the next two months, a cabinet minister has said.
Labour minister Prisca Mupfumira told the Zimbabwe Independent in an interview this week she and Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa are spearheading the committee to reduce the salary bill which is hampering critical capital expenditure programmes such as building of vital infrastructure, roads, power stations, dams and airports.
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