Rumbek Youth Sports Association (RYSA), with support from the Norwegian People Aid (NPA), Wednesday organized an awareness-raising campaign against corruption and nepotism in Rumbek, Lakes State.
The campaign targeted government institutions, the private sector, and NGOs operating in Rumbek and was meant to strengthen citizen's capacity to resist corruption and nepotism in the state.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, the secretary-general of Rumbek youth sports associations (RYSA), Mouthic Jalla Yanga, said that the awareness targets 4,500 youth and aims at empowering them to shun bad nepotistic and corrupt practices like giving jobs to unqualified relatives.
“We want the current reconstituted Lakes State government to ensure fair recruitment and a clear employment policy where a person with qualifications competes for the job without favoritism, corruption, and nepotism in all the sectors,” Mouthic said.
The RYSA boss revealed that corruption and nepotism, especially in recruitment, were prevalent in the state.
The labor and public service director, Mathew Matur Chadak, said all recruitment, even in the private sector, NGOs, or government institutions, requires a member of staff from his department to be present.
“We are supposed to have one member of our staff present in every recruitment. This is what the labor and public service law say,” Matur said.
He said the ministry of labor and public service in Lakes State will use recruitment policies as the basis of employing qualified people.
“We have categories of recruitment and employment of people starting from someone holding bachelor’s degree, diploma, secondary and primary school certificates based on labor and public services laws,” he added.
Meanwhile, the former director-general of labor and public service in the now-defunct Western Lakes State, Manyang Aruor Yuol, said although no incidence of corruption and nepotism was recorded, the ministry will work hard to improve the recruitment and employment policy in Lakes State.