Basil,
I share your frustrations. Those invested with the power to "hire and fire"
must use it wisely. During a visit to the Gambia a senior civil servant told
me that "your days in the service are numbered any day your job requires you
to meet with Jammeh and his team once a month".
I find this statement very frustrating. What is even more frustrating is
that those removed (terminated or retired) seldom get their hard-earn
pensions. When I enquired about a terminated colleague given some contract
given his skills and experience, someone told me that there is a circular
around that those terminated or removed must not be given employment without
special permission.
No wonder those who cannot leave or get the "International Appointments"
prefer to "duck" to avoid being "fired"! Afterall there is also a regulation
that civil servants are not permitted to talk to press even when they are
unlawful fired!
Malanding Jaiteh
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Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: Is Perm. Sect. Mam Njie sacked today?
> 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
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > 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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