By Lamin B. Darboe
The Vice Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) has informed the Governor of West Coast Region and his Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members that a Performance Management Unit has been established at the Personnel Management Office (PMO) by Government.
Mr. Musa Sanneh revealed this during his institution’s meeting with the governors, chiefs and regional TAC members of the West Coast Region last week at Governor’s office in Brikama. He was responding to Governor Ousman J. Bojang’s suggestion for the establishment of performance management system within the civil service.
PSC Vice Chairman informed the governor that the purpose of the unit is to track performances of employees and the institutions in the civil service. He said the PSC is on the verge of appointing required staff at the unit to kick-start the process.
Mr. Sanneh went on to explain to Governor Bojang and team the mandate of PSC, which he highlighted as including recruitment, promotion, training, strengthening performance and facilitating effective and efficient service delivery in civil service.
The PSC VC briefed Governor Bojang and team about the purpose of their engagements with governors and executive coordinators in the country. “This is to enable the PSC get first-hand information on issues affecting civil servants within their various sectors that would require the Commission’s involvement to address the situation”.
He explained that his office works closely with Personnel Management Office as its technical arm to bring about necessary reforms and ensure effective and efficient service delivery for the citizenry.
For his part, Governor Ousman J. Bojang underscored his office’s dedication to proactive measures and effective response to safeguard the communities within his region during challenging times.
He informed PSC members that his office mandate encompasses a wide range of responsibilities including overseeing the region’s administrative functions, policy implementations, project monitoring and representing the government at the regional level.
He catalogued his office’s success stories like strengthening partnership and collaboration with the British Embassy in Banjul, leading to the approval of a project supporting capacity building in disaster response and mitigation; working with Seyfolu on ‘land banking for future use’, among others.
He outlined his office’s challenges in his region as follows: illegal sand mining, logistic support to security forces, inability to house government agencies within Governor’s office premises, lack of staff appraisal system, and monitoring.
The engagement at the Governor’s Office in Brikama marked the end of PSC’s outreach programme to governors and executive coordinators’ offices in the country.
