The Minister of State-designate for Public Sector Reforms, Lydia Lamisi Akanvariba, has called for a national dialogue to deliberate on the recruitment process within the public sector.
She stated that the current system requires urgent review to ensure efficiency, meritocracy, and transparency in hiring practices across government institutions.
Speaking before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on Monday, February 24, Akanvariba outlined her vision for strengthening public sector operations.
She stated that her primary focus would be capacity building, institutional strengthening, and leveraging technology to combat corruption and enhance productivity in government agencies.
The nominee highlighted the need for a comprehensive review of the hiring process, stressing that recruitment into public institutions must be fair, transparent, and merit-based.
She argued that the public sector is the backbone of national development, and inefficiencies in recruitment affect service delivery and governance.
“I will be looking at training or capacity building in the public sector and I will be looking at building and strengthening public institutions and the way we hire people into the public sector and we should therefore have a national dialogue on how we hire and recruit into the public sector,” she said.
Beyond recruitment, Akanvariba stressed the need to leverage technology to enhance the efficiency of the public sector and curb corruption.
She pointed out that digitisation is critical in eliminating bureaucratic bottlenecks and reducing human interference in administrative processes.
“People think that when you mention public sector, it is just about the local service but there are a lot of agencies and so we are going to look at how we can leverage on technology to understand how to deal with corruption,” she stated.
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