{"id":349036,"date":"2017-08-29T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T15:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=349036"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:44:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:44:30","slug":"public-sector-recruitment-needs-strict-checks-majority-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/public-sector-recruitment-needs-strict-checks-majority-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Public sector recruitment needs strict checks – Majority Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"
Parliament\u2019s Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, has stressed the need for more accountability in the recruitment processes of public officers following the interdiction of SSNIT’s General Manager for MIS over questionable qualifications.<\/p>\n
Current recruitment processes leave the public sector open to corruption and inefficiency, he said.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”lHMX1slvAIDyunIfKpiNpzLMEqUBt4lZ”]Speaking on the interdiction of SSNIT\u2019s Head of MIS, Dr. Caleb Afaglo, Mr. Mensah Bonsu stopped short of puzzlement in his assessment of the lax recruitment processes at SSNIT.<\/p>\n
Something as basic as a background check should not have been missed by SSNIT, he intimated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to really open up so that if we advertise for a position, for whoever applies, there should be a system of looking at the background of the person. I am told that that person, in particular, had gone to secure employment at that place when he was found out and thrown out. So how was it that SSNIT was not able to detect it? How was it possible?\u201d<\/p>\n
“Was it attributable to some cronyism? We need to look at these things. We need to have a way of cleaning up the system to ensure that we have probity and accountability for us all so we should find a way of improving the recruit methods system to purge it of cronyism and \u2018old-boyism\u2019 and so on,\u201d the Majority Leader stated.<\/p>\n
Controversy at SSNIT<\/strong><\/p>\n As SSNIT contends with the fallout from its decision to spend $72 million on an Operational Business Suite (OBS), the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) is currently probing Dr. Afaglo’s academic and professional qualifications.<\/p>\n EOCO is also interrogating members of Dr. Afaglo’s household and has confiscated a number of documents belonging to him and spoken to former employers of his, including SIMNET, GLICO and Dominion University College.<\/p>\n