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The public service - for better or for worse : Time to draw the line

by Lloyd Fernando, Former Secretary to Governor, N.W.P.

Officials are picked at random according to the whims and fancies of the politicians or the powers that are, to be installed in positions, very often, not in keeping with the line of seniority, or class or grade. The inevitable result is that bitterness and frustration set in, and consequently, loads of work keep piling up, communication gaps begin to show up, improper decisions are taken, and disruptive absenteeism plays up, that could even snowball into a literal go-slow or even a "work-to-rule". 
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