Concern as department fails to pay defence force wages

ARMY officers have expressed concern over pay systems within the Department of Defence after 1,300 members of the defence forces were not paid their monthly salary on time.

The Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) said concern about the non-payment of wages which arose yesterday was the latest in a series of problems which had affected the pay section of the Department of Defence in recent months.

The department has admitted that “human error” was responsible for a delay in the monthly salary of 1,300 members of the defence forces not being paid on time.