Gambian opposition parliamentarian Sedia Jatta has criticised the government for unexplained dismissals in the civil service and called for a stop to the practice.
However, the government has defended its actions saying civil servants have to be productive and failure to do their **work will lead to their dismissal.
Jatta, MP of the opposition National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD) for Wuli West, told the National Assembly on Friday that there was “an institutional crisis” in the country because of these ceaseless unexplained hiring and firing.
“There is an institution whose responsibility is to hire and fire, discipline where there is indiscipline, but as far as I am concerned I am not seeing that institution functioning,” he said.
Jatta said there was something wrong and blamed it on political interference, adding that was the reason why the civil service was not stable.
He said civil servants must not be under any political control adding that there must be an institution that should be responsible for discipline to ensure effective productivity.
The Minority Leader Momodou Sanneh said there was no job security in the entire civil service especially at senior level.
Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy said: “I find it very unpleasant to dismiss people. But this syndrome of covering people in the Gambia has to be addressed.”
She said the Public Services Commission had been ineffective over the years and the ongoing revamping should not only to be seen in the negative light of hiring and firing but to ensure effective service delivery.
Other MPs blamed the “disloyalty” of civil servants for their predicament saying they should know that they were hired to work and failure to do so would lead to dismissal.
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