With the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) determining that there is no declared quota for the size of the work force of government agencies, opposition PPP/C Member of Parliament (MP) Juan Edghill yesterday raised concerns over how their effectiveness could be pro-perly assessed and whether the correct amounts are being allocated for wages.
Yesterday’s meeting of the Public Accounts Com-mittee (PAC) brought Regional Executive Officers (REOs) Ovid Morrison, of Region Five, and Kim Williams-Stephen, of Region Six, before the parliamentary committee to have their regions’ 2016 accounts examined based on the Auditor General’s report from that year.
The aforementioned regions, like the regions before them, were questioned on their authorised staffing strength and asked to account for any increases in their staffing list, as well as asked to divulge whether any employees were hired on contract following a circular sent out to agencies to transition to a fixed employment system.
