Tosin Arebuwa writes…
This young woman graduated as a medical doctor in 2016. However, that’s not the crux of the matter herein. In less than 10 years, she’s worked six different jobs across six different organisations, and the highest duration she’s spent in a role was 1 year and six months. Now she’s been appointed a DG of a crucial federal (government) agency! Where is the place of depth and expertise? It would’ve been a different case if she’s done only one job in those six different organisations. Even at that, in any reputable private business, her CV would’ve been flagged as “high-risk” by any competent HR.
I had a long conversation with my friend who’s a senior software engineer yesterday and the whole conversation centered on the kind of people we “recruit” into public service in this country. I can stay up until 3 a.m. researching and co-drafting a policy document, but those who [will] implement it are very key as well. We can’t build a prosperous country this way! This is not the way East Asia, Botswana, etc. built very competent, efficient and results-driven public services.
