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The
drop in oil prices has left President Deby no choice but to cut spending AFP
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Chad's President Idriss
Deby has announced that former prime ministers will be stripped of the state
privileges they have enjoyed as part of cost-cutting measures.
BBC
Afrique reports:
The
oil-producing country has been forced to tighten its belt because of the
drastic fall in oil prices.
Mr
Deby has had 10 prime ministers in the 26 years he has been in power.
Under
the new measure, former prime ministers will now only receive a monthly salary
of US$3,300 (£2,730).
This
is understood to be a substantial drop in the financial privileges they used to
be entitled to.
Other
cost-cutting measures taken by the government over the last year have included
a 50% reduction in perks awarded to top government employees and the scrapping
of university scholarship programmes.
This has prompted a waves
of protests over the austerity measures.
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