PSM Managing Director gets unlawful "special allowance" from President's Office
The Managing Director of Public Service Media (PSM), Ahmed Shakeeb, had his total pay raised to MVR 70,000 via a special allowance from the President's Office, according to Adhadhu. The PSM Act requires the broadcaster to be impartial and editorially independent, and allocating part of the salary as a 'special allowance' through the President's Office is seen as violating that spirit. Before leading PSM, Shakeeb's salary was increased through the Privatization and Corporatization Board (PCB). The President's Office added a special allowance of MVR 31,000, which is unprecedented for a government company MD. Neither the government, PSM, nor the PCB has disclosed this arrangement.
The Managing Director of Public Service Media (PSM), Ahmed Shakeeb, had his total pay raised to MVR 70,000 via a special allowance from the President's Office, according to Adhadhu. The PSM Act requires the broadcaster to be impartial and editorially independent, and allocating part of the salary as a 'special allowance' through the President's Office is seen as violating that spirit. Before leading PSM, Shakeeb's salary was increased through the Privatization and Corporatization Board (PCB). The President's Office added a special allowance of MVR 31,000, which is unprecedented for a government company MD. Neither the government, PSM, nor the PCB has disclosed this arrangement.
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The Managing Director of Public Service Media (PSM), Ahmed Shakeeb, had his total pay raised to MVR 70,000 via a special allowance from the President's Office, according to Adhadhu. The PSM Act requires the broadcaster to be impartial and editorially independent, and allocating part of the salary as a 'special allowance' through the President's Office is seen as violating that spirit. Before leading PSM, Shakeeb's salary was increased through the Privatization and Corporatization Board (PCB). The President's Office added a special allowance of MVR 31,000, which is unprecedented for a government company MD. Neither the government, PSM, nor the PCB has disclosed this arrangement.
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