South Sudan President puts certificates holders on notice
President Salva Kiir. FILE | AFRICA REVIEW |
By MACHEL AMOS in JubaPosted Friday, October 14 2011 at 16:54
South Sudan President Salva has ordered the screening of civil servants in an attempt to rectify past recruitment anomalies and counter overstaffing in the infant nation’s public service.
President Kiir issued the order based on the recommendations of a ministerial committee tasked with reviewing appointments to create vacancies for qualified personnel.
At a Cabinet meeting on Friday chaired by President Kiir, the ministers directed the Public Service and Human Resource Development ministry to verify certificates of all government employees to get rid of holders of forged documents.
“The minister of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development, Ms Awut Deng Acuil, will continue to look into the type of certificates and degrees that have been presented by these candidates,” Information minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said shortly after the meeting.
“Otherwise, the ministry of Higher Education will help and assist to verify the degrees, which have been the basis of endorsement of their appointments.”
In August, South Sudan said Uganda was “killing” it, claiming 90 per cent of the forged documents were from Uganda.
Last year, over 10,000 ghost workers, whose names were on the payroll, were laid off in a country where 73 per cent of the population is illiterate.
The inadequacy of skilled man power has caused the new country to seek assistance from regional Igad member countries.
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