Dagmar,
You hit the nail right on the head. The civil service is
suppose to be an institution where there is CONTINUITY.
This policy of hire and fire is causing unrepairable
destruction to the system. Moreover it is the able and
capable people that are being removed and replaced by
mediocre. It beggars belief why this is happening at a
time when the nation lacks the human resources necessary to
move the nation forward. There has been a decline in the
quality of the civil service and the task of permanent
secretaries is being made all the more difficult when you
always have to look behind your back, knowing that the next
moment justifiably or not you will get the sack after
investing years, decades in serving your nation.
I concur with your thoughts.
basil
On Wed, 17 May 2000 07:47:53 PDT adama jombel
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> The Gambian Civil Service is in shambles. There is no rhyme or reason to the
> incessant firing and hiring. It is a sorry shame to sit and watch the
> institution that many of our parents worked tirelessly to mold and maintain
> over decades be reduced to a tool of political exploitation.
>
> Civil servants are at the mercy of a despot whose intellctual capacity is
> beyond comprehension.What happened to the civil service code of conduct?.
> What redress do these people have after putting a whole lifetime in the
> service?.
>
> Gone are the days when civil servants had the right to choose their
> political affilition without retribution. Gone are the days when a civil
> servant would and could do their work without fear or favor.In these times
> of PROFESSIONAL PROSTITUTION we have career professionals and highly
> educated gambians who continue to associate and allign themselves with a
> regime that is blatantly repressive and barbaric.
>
> There is no justification for this sad state of affairs.
>
> My thoughts
> Dagmar Christensen
> >From: ebrima ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Is Perm. Sect. Mam Njie sacked today?
> >Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 07:29:03 PDT
> >
> >Tombong Saidy:
> >
> >I have just been informed by a reliable source in the Gambia, that Mam
> >Njie,
> >the Permanent Pecretary at the Ministry of Health, has just been sacked.
> >Consequently, I would be grateful, Mr saidy, if you could deny or confirm
> >it.
> >
> >Gambia-L: We have a governance crisis, of the highest order, in the Gambia.
> >Anyway, I must find time, one of these days, and write an article to be
> >captioned "A Catalogue of Errors", in which I'll revisit Mr Jammeh's policy
> >of hiring and firing. Or maybe, I'll invite the hibernated Cherno Baba
> >Jallow, to write the article envisaged.
> >
> >Ebrima Ceesay
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