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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 18 Sep 2009 : 19:15:25
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Daily News Editorial: Appoint Minister for Information and Others
With the recent relieving of the Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr. Omar Touray, of his appointment the number of vacancies in cabinet still remains five. These are Energy, Petroleum, Information, Agriculture, and Higher education. Such a large number of vacancies in the cabinet will definitely not yield any efficiency in the administration of government machinery. The appointment of the various ministers into their respective offices can only yield benefits, if the right and qualify persons are put in place.
It is a constitutional requirement that is vested on the President to fill the vacancies. The most interesting part of the whole lack of filling these vacancies is that it is the President himself who now over sees the positions. These positions need to be filled and the sooner the better. Failure to fill these positions has some negative impact.
The immediate officials that over see those ministries are Permanent Secretaries, who are more or less left to be indecisive, because there minister is the President himself. Under normal circumstances the minister and his Permanent Secretary’s relationship is one of colleagues. The PS normally easily dashed into the minister’s office for consultations, where as in the case of the PS whose minister is the President cannot easily dash into the President’s office for such consultations. If they are not limited by bureaucracy, they will be limited by distance in some cases. For instance a PS whose ministry is at Kanifing, it will not be easy for such an official to dash into his minister’s office, who in this case is the President.
We want to believe that the President’s official functions alone coupled with his other personal engagements are enough to keep him busy. Not to talk about a situation where he has to over see up to five ministries. It will only be wise that Mr. President you appoint ministers into the various vacant positions.
There cannot be any effective development in the absence of human resources. Therefore the absence of five cabinet ministers in your cabinet goes a long way in affecting the out put of your cabinet. Once there was a need to create the ministries which are vacant today, then there is no point in not filling them.
Mr. President we call on you to appoint among other ministers, one for Information. The Ministry of Information has been vacant for quite a long time, and we are convinced that if a minister was in place he or she should be giving you his or her candid opinion on matters concerning the media. You will agree with us that it is one of the most talked off sections in the past years. The media you will agree with us has been under a very difficult operational environment. Under normal circumstances the ministers are your technical advisers. Now how many technical advisers are you without? Therefore use your constitutional power to fill the cabinet vacancies now.
Source: The Daily News
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shaka
996 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2009 : 19:48:46
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| Na so Mr. President. Harken to this good advice. |
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mansasulu
997 Posts |
Posted - 18 Sep 2009 : 21:31:55
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| Perhaps we should submit some resumes from amongsts Bantaba members...lol |
"...Verily, in the remembrance of Allâh do hearts find rest..." Sura Al-Rad (Chapter 13, Verse 28)
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toubab1020
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Posted - 18 Sep 2009 : 22:38:46
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I VOTE LEMONTIME FOR AGRICULTURE !quote:
Originally posted by mansasulu
Perhaps we should submit some resumes from amongsts Bantaba members...lol
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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