Jordan Times
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Gov't urges halt to random
appointments
AMMAN (JT) — The government on Wednesday set out to tackle the bloated
bureaucracy urging a halt to random appointments and forming a panel to draw up
a reform plan for the Civil Service Bureau (CSB).
Prime Minister Adnan Badran on Wednesday said people should change the way they
think about public jobs, which cannot absorb the increasing number of graduates,
the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Visiting the CSB yesterday, Badran
added that the government can create 6,000-7,000 jobs annually, but employment
applications received by the bureau are more than 139,000.
The premier said the ministerial committee has four weeks to submit its
recommendations to the Cabinet.
Badran noted that the CSB should help develop and rehabilitate public employees
to create more efficient government bodies. He said the private sector can help
alleviate unemployment and poverty by setting up projects around the Kingdom.
For his part, CSB President Mazen Saket reviewed challenges facing the bureau.
Minister of Social Development Abdullah Oweidat, Minister of Government
Performance Salah Bashir, Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education
and Scientific Research Khalid Touqan, Minister of Health Saeed Darwazeh,
Minister of State for Public Sector Reform Tayseer Smadi, Minister of Planning
and International Cooperation Suhair Al-Ali, and Minister of Labour Bassem Salem
attended the meeting.
Meanwhile, Minister of Municipal Affairs Tawfiq Kreishan yesterday urged the
Kingdom's 99 municipalities to halt random appointments and reduce their
expenditures.
Kreishan told The Jordan Times that the municipalities owe the Cities and
Villages Development Bank around JD55 million.