KAY-MARIE FLETCHERSenior Reporter[email protected]Rural Development and Local Government Minister Khadijah Ameen has assured National Programme for the Upkeep of Public Spaces (NPUPS) workers that their outstanding salaries will be paid soon. For weeks, NPUPS workers have complained that despite continuing to report for duty, they have not been paid. In addition to the salary concerns, NPUPS workers raised issues about the lack of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE). Additionally, the workers also called for their contracts to be made permanent under the NPUPS programme. Our NPUPS workers have shown their performance, and in various ministries, you have a lot of ministries who do this type of maintenance work.