Madam Speaker, there are currently 14 vacant positions at the Registrar-General’s Department in different grades. This includes 6 vacancies in the grade of Registration Officer and Senior Registration Officer. The post, Madam Speaker, was advertised by the Public Services Commission in October 2023, that is, just one year prior to the elections. Following a selection exercise, by way of letter dated 01 October 2024 which was received by the Registrar-General’s Department on 04 October 2024, the PSC submitted the names of 8 candidates to be appointed. However, following the dissolution of National Assembly on 04 October 2024, the Department stayed action on this issue and the PSC re-advertised the posts on 30 July 2025 and as at date, recruitment process is still underway at the level of the PSC. The remaining 8 vacancies are as follows – (a) One Principal Financial Operations Officer; (b) One Financial Operations Officer/ Senior Financial Operations Officer; (c) Three Assistant Financial Operations Officers; (d) One Assistant Procurement and Supply Officer; (e) One Management Support Officer, and (f) One Confidential Secretary. These grades fall under the aegis of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reforms. Action has already been initiated for the filling of these vacancies. Madam Speaker, there is still a backlog at the level of the PSC and this is why it is taking so much time to fill vacancies in general in the public service.

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