Following a recent government order, the cabinet division has taken several initiatives to address the personnel crisis in the civil administration.
Last month, the cabinet asked ministers and senior government officials to prepare lists of vacant posts, recommend new posts after reviewing the administration’s needs and fill up all posts by recruiting new public servants.
The cabinet division yesterday issued a gazette notification on forming a high-level committee, led by the Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, to expedite the creation of new posts and fill up the vacancies.
Nurul Karim, additional secretary of the cabinet division, said the committee was instructed to resolve the crisis regarding appointments to the vacant posts at different government offices.
It was also authorised to take the initiative to amend existing laws, rules and policies.
Other members of the committee include senior secretaries to the PM’s office and the public administration ministry, as well as education, health and parliamentary affairs division secretaries.
After a cabinet meeting on April 21, Musharraf told reporters that the cabinet division will take necessary steps to comply with the cabinet’s decision and the prime minister’s order.
He also said a high-level committee will be formed to execute the decisions.
