Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has implored the government to review salaries of frontline workers saying they are putting their lives at risk to receive peanuts.

Chamisa told Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to use the recently announced surplus to restore the dignity of civil servants.

Below is Chamisa’s Twitter thread on the matter;

1/REVIEW FRONTLINE WORKERS’ SALARIES URGENTLY!!These patriots are putting their lives at risk during this pandemic only to receive peanuts as a salary. Please use the surplus to restore the dignity of our frontline workers & civil service as a whole
@MthuliNcube
@GGuvamatanga

2/ A junior doctor earns approx $28,000 ZWL a month which is $207 @ real market rate. This is inclusive of a COVID allowance of $70 USD risk allowance at paid bank rate = $6000ZWL.This merits urgent fixing! Pay attention to what matters. #DECENTSALARIES

3/ The urgency of it dawned on me last week when a young doctor who is my relative fell ill. It struck me as to what would have become of this young life. My heart was taken to all the frontline workers who have families that look up to them for survival. #DECENTSALARIES!