BY SAMIE WAIKORI
Opposition Leader and Member of Parliament for Aoke/Langalanga, Matthew Wale says the Public Service Bill 2025, now before Parliament, will support growth in the Public Service.
Speaking in support of the bill introduced by the Minister of Public Service and Member of Parliament for West Guadalcanal constituency, Francis Sade, in Parliament this week, Wale said for many years, the country has been struggling with the effectiveness of the public service.
He said productivity has been an ongoing challenge for many years and performance measurement and reviews are essential tools to ensure accountability for any lack of effectiveness and low productivity.
“Some progress is being made on this matter, perhaps too slowly, but I see progress.
“It gives me hope that the potential for growth in public service is good, and this bill provides a good legislative framework to facilitate such growth,” he said.
Wale highlighted that as in all organizations, ethical and competent leadership is essential to ensuring the public service fulfills its potential and delivers services.
He pointed out that it is therefore important that such leadership is identified, cultivated, nurtured, and mentored within the public service.
Wale added that IPAM is obviously an important tool in this matter, although not the only one.
He stressed that there is a need to consider making IPAM more arms-length from the Ministry of Public Service, so that it can attract and maintain the talent and resources it needs, and be able to conduct research that may be useful to the public service.
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