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Govt., GPSU to establish High-Level Committee to improve public service
President David Granger yesterday morning, convened a meeting with executive members of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) to discuss the establishment of a High-Level Committee on the Public Service.
President David Granger and Ministers of the Government at a meeting yesterday with executive members of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) at the Ministry of the Presidency
The GPSU’s side was led by its President Patrick Yarde, while the Government’s side was headed by President Granger and included the Minister of State, Dawn Hastings- Williams; Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams; Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan; Minister of Public Service, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley; Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally and Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon.
President Granger, according to the Ministry of the Presidency, said the meeting was a demonstration of Government’s commitment to engage the GPSU in an effort to ensure that workers in the public service can earn a livable wage, enjoy better working conditions and benefit from training.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the two sides agreed to have the committee formed by June 1, 2019.
It is expected that the committee will meet and address a plethora of issues and formulate a report, which would be taken to Cabinet.
“President Granger has, in the past, said the Government will make all the necessary investments to ensure an efficient and reliable public service is built. According to the President, the Public Service cannot be disassociated from the concept of public trust and must comprise men and women of intelligence, integrity and impartiality if it is to enjoy public trust and to achieve its administrative objectives.”
He has also noted that the administration is serious about implementing reforms that will create “a brand new public service”, one which is characterised by fairness, equality, responsiveness, reliability and efficiency, and it is for this reason a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the Public Service was launched in 2016.
Some recommendations from the COI geared at improving working conditions and other factors which influence the work of public servants, are already being implemented by the Government.
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