Some 493 ‘lazy’ civil servants and state employees who have elected to permanently stay out of their duty posts have been dismissed from the public service following an order signed by the Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms.
The release announcing the series of orders on automatic dismissals and revocation of the state employees governed by the labour code signed by Minister Joseph LE was read over the airwaves of the national station Friday 21 May 2021.
Minister LE in the release noted that the move is in line with the operation of physical head count of state personnel on the instructions of the president of the republic, implemented under the authority of the Prime Minister and relates to the fight against public absenteeism among public workers.
The minister had in March this year disclosed that the files of over 10 000 civil servants were being scrutinized for questions they would have to answer in relation to various crimes committed within the public service.
“The sanctions are taken in accordance with the provision of degree No. 78/484 of 9 November 1978 and No. 94/199 of 7 October 1994 to lay down the labour code and general rules and regulations of the public service respectively,” partly read the release from Minister LE.
The Public Service boss stated that notwithstanding numerous press releases and formal notices from the MINFOPRA and the minister of Finance addressed to the defaulters, only 601 out of the 8766 persons concerned answered to summons to appear before the public service disciplinary board.
“At the end of their hearing, 177 of the accused were rehabilitated through simple salary reinstatement decisions or accompanied by warnings, reprimands, reduction in positions etc,” he revealed while urging those who feel unfairly punished to refer to the higher council of the public service by way of appeal.
The move follows complaints of rising absenteeism of workers from their duty post, laxity on the part of others which all negatively contribute slowing the public service delivery and development.
LE in March said there were over 10 000 civil servants who have been notified to regularize their situations or be fired from the public service. The decision dismissing 493 and rehabilitating 177 indicates that there are still over 9 000 workers whose files are undergoing scrutiny and more personnel may be dismissed in the future.
Worth noting is the fact that most aspects of the public service have been digitalized as well as decentralized, there are limiting the number of times employees used to abandon their duty post to chase files in the central service in Yaounde.
By Doh Bertrand Nua
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