Government 2,Nov/Dec 2022

Question 5

 

(a) What is a state agency?
(b) Suggest to your government four possible ways of improving public corporations so as to make them competitive

Observation


 This was a popular question and many of the candidates who answered it didn’t perform well. They didn’t understand the demand of the question and scored poorly. The candidates were expected to give the following points as their answers

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  1. Provision of adequate funds
  2. Strengthening the administrative capacity
  3. Insulation from political interference/partisan politics
  4. Adequate supervision/regular monitoring
  5. Ensuring financial responsibility and accountability
  6. Periodic auditing
  7. Provision of adequate logistics
  8. Improved conditions of service of staff
  9. Insistence on the merit system in both recruitment and promotion of staff
  10. Reduction in red-tapism/bottlenecks
  11.  Reduction in wastage
  12. Adoption of appropriate marketing strategies to maximize revenue
  13. Adequate independence and autonomy of the Board of Directors
  14. Recapitalization of non-performing corporations
  15. Regular capacity building for staff to improve on service delivery