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Rampant nepotism at City Hall

Oct 23, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
The Government of Guyana through the relevant ministry should do something to bring an end to the alarming situation of rampant  favoritism that exists at the Georgetown Municipality.
At City Hall there is the outright recruitment of relatives and friends of Councilors and senior officers for jobs they are incapable of performing well, by the Personnel Officer, seemingly as a policy now, rather than the occasional occurrence.
A visit to the Finance Department alone would reveal that the daughters of at least two  Councilors along with relatives of senior officers are employed there. Even more worrying is the fact that the very Councilors are members of the Finance Committee, the oversight body for the same department to which their daughters are assigned, a clear conflict of interest. These circumstances are replicated in every other department.
Additionally, there consists a gross ethnic imbalance in the staff structure which would suggest the employment of discriminatory practices by the personnel section during the recruitment process.
Surely in a multi racial society such as Guyana, the applicants would be diverse and one would expect to see this diversity reflected in the workforce, but no this is not so. There is a feeling of inequality amongst many current employees which results in an attitude of defeat by these staff members as they assume that promotions and perks will always go friends and relatives rather than deserving persons resulting feeling less inclined to do their best work to distinguish themselves.
Resentment and indifference is now the order of the day at City Hall which leads to reduced productivity. The nepotism at City Hall is damaging not just a department or two, but the entire municipality.
It is creating a sense of entitlement that is causing insubordination and disrespect for management and other employees. It is also creating a drop in workplace morale. Friends of the Personnel Section are being placed at the top of their salary scales, and given acting appointments ahead of more qualified employees and those with much greater experience and longer service, resulting in the distortion of the pay scale.
Nadine Jerrick

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