Thursday, April 12, 2007

Civil Servants and Ministers Pay Rise

Dear Prime Minister,

I understand your concern in retaining talents for the public sector for the benefit of serving fellow citizens. Hence there is a need to peg the wages of civil servants and ministers to the professionals of the private sector.

However, how can we know that these civil servants and ministers (apart from you, of course) are actually performing at the same level as their private sector counterparts to justify the pay increment? I feel that there is a need to demonstrate that the very civil servants we are trying to retain are displaying high work attitudes.

Sorry for being so negative but I simply have heard so many examples of inefficient, inflexible and sometimes even ignorant civil servants that often hinder than help us.

Your Concerned Citizen