A senior official with the Tanzanian
government yesterday announced 15,000 new job vacancies, coming just
days after President John Magufuli sacked nearly 10,000 government
workers.
Laurian Ndumbaro, the Permanent Secretary in
the President's Office responsible for Public Service
and Good Governance, said the State will employ the new workers by the end of June this year.
and Good Governance, said the State will employ the new workers by the end of June this year.
"The government is aware that there are
areas that have been affected by the recent sacking of more than 9,000
civil servants," Ndumbaro told a news conference in the political
capital Dodoma.
He asked affected institutions to submit their employment requirements as soon as possible.
Last
week, Tanzanian President John Magufuli sacked 9,932 public servants
found with fake academic certificates after conclusion of verification
process of their academic qualifications.
He fired them
shortly after he received a report of their academic qualifications,
ordering that April salaries for the sacked public workers be withheld.
Magufuli directed Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa that
posts which were held by the 9,000-plus unqualified public servants
should be advertised immediately.
The president also
directed that other civil servants whose certificates have been found
with discrepancies be prosecuted in courts of law.
He
said the crackdown on fake academic certificates for public workers will
complement an earlier exercise by the government to identify phantom
employees.
In May last year, Tanzania removed more than 10,000 ghost workers from its public sector payroll after a countrywide audit.
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