Guyana's slow roll to workplace modernisation

Guyana’s slow roll to workplace modernisation

Jan 13, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

KaieteurThere is no end in sight to the amount of $$$ that is untraceable in all the various government agencies. Re: The article: “Auditors unable to verify over $70m spent on D’Urban Park”, as appeared in KN 11th. Here we are; already 22 years into the 21st century and what is consistently a common thread in these cases, is the absence of adequate online systems in place to trace/track/validate expenses or even sign off on work done. We are using (it seems) SOLELY paper records and documentation in some format. Still? These different variations of paper records tend to get conveniently “lost”, or not found. For a fact, there are extremely bright UG graduates who can implement proper workplace online systems, to retrieve all and everything. These individuals are right here – in Guyana. So why aren’t they a part of the solution? Instead of MICROMANAGING basic business operational decisions from parliament, or at ministerial levels, it seems that heads of key organisational units are not given the green light to make decisions in creating modern/online workplace solutions that capture all the relevant information. The usage of the word “Transformational” as it relates to the future economy is overkill at this point. Will that be achievable when critical government institutions are so heavily dependent on hardcopy records? (Pen and Paper). To board an aircraft on Caribbean Airlines to come to Guyana, travellers’ key passport data are scanned (not typed), and the passengers photo is taken at the gate-All in three minutes or less.
Will the government bring in the younger generation OR at least folks who are IT savvy to get us faster, into a more modern and efficient mindset?

Chi Kansi

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