{"id":22676,"date":"2024-09-09T12:59:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T12:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22676"},"modified":"2024-09-09T13:00:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:00:39","slug":"president-announces-increase-in-community-support-officers-stipend-and-additional-allowances-for-toshaos-and-senior-councillors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-announces-increase-in-community-support-officers-stipend-and-additional-allowances-for-toshaos-and-senior-councillors\/","title":{"rendered":"President Announces Increase in Community Support Officers&#8217; Stipend and Additional Allowances for Toshaos and Senior Councillors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Irfaan Ali has declared a significant increase in the stipend for Community Support Officers (CSOs), raising it from $30,000 to $40,000 per month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This adjustment aims to align their compensation with part-time workers&#8217; wages, ensuring fair treatment and equal opportunities across regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made as part of the Youth Entrepreneurship and Apprenticeship Programme, which empowers youths in hinterland regions with vital skills and training to foster community development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By increasing the CSO stipend, the government seeks to bridge the disparity between hinterland and coastal regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the CSO stipend increase, President Ali revealed that toshaos, senior councillors, and community development leaders will also benefit from a $40,000 allowance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This expansion of the part-time jobs programme recognizes the essential contributions of these leaders and acknowledges their service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since their reinstatement by the government in 2020, CSOs have played a crucial role in alleviating the workload in Amerindian communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Ali emphasized the government&#8217;s commitment to addressing the challenges faced by these communities and ensuring they have equal access to resources and opportunities as those in coastal areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick President Irfaan Ali has declared a significant increase in the stipend for Community Support Officers (CSOs), raising it from $30,000 to $40,000 per month. This adjustment aims&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22692,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22676\/revisions\/22692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}