Minister of State-designate for Public Sector Reforms, Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba has called for a collective agreement among all stakeholders on how recruitments are done into the public sector.
She said this when she was asked about her view on the termination of the last-minute appointments done by the Akufo-Addo administration after the 2024 general elections.
She told the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Monday, February 24 that “it is about engagement, understanding the issue, and collective agreement as to how we put people into our services, that will help us.”
She added “Because of the lack of political will, some people are employed due to favouritism and nepotism. Others are there who are not supposed to be there.”
Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba further highlighted the need for a comprehensive review of the recruitment process.
She stressed that recruitment into public institutions must be fair, transparent, and merit-based.
she said “I will be looking at training or capacity building in the public sector and I will be looking at building and strengthening public institutions and the way we hire people into the public sector and we should therefore have a national dialogue on how we hire and recruit into the public sector.”
Beyond recruitment, Akanvariba stressed the need to leverage technology to enhance the efficiency of the public sector and curb corruption.
“People think that when you mention the public sector, it is just about the local service but there are a lot of agencies and so we are going to look at how we can leverage technology to understand how to deal with corruption,” she stated.
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