Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Ganga Persaud revealed on Tuesday that former minister Clinton Collymore is employed as an advisor to him and is earning $362,000 a month in salary and allowances.
The former minister is paid a sum of $302,661 in addition to being provided with allowances for meals, a gardener and a maid. Persaud was reluctant to reveal the name of the former minister and only did so when Speaker Raphael Trotman ruled that the query was a valid one that should be accommodated.
Asked how much his allowances cost taxpayers,