2023 IWD: Celebration of the 38^th edition of the International Women's day (IWD) at  MINFOPRA.

In commemoration of the 38^th edition of the historical 8^th March, set aside to celebrate the stories of women who fought for gender equality and the emancipation of the female folk on the work floor in the 20^th  century, MINFOPRA’S great ladies have demarcated  themselves this year through several activities.

Every year, great ladies of the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reform perform several activities to mark their capacity as mothers, wives and professionals. This year's theme “ For an inclusive digital world: Innovation and technology for gender equality" was the opportunity to sensitize MINFOPRA’S women on the place of the Public Service woman  in today’s fast pace digital world.

As it is the tradition, activities began  this year with a visit to the sick at the Efoulan district hospital in Yaoundé, the great ladies manifested generosity and care towards the mother and babies at the hospital, offering them several gifts of palettes of water, packets of napkins, toilet rolls, detergents, cleaning  equipments and some food stuffs  on the 2^nd of March 2023. To prove their worth as good wives capable of keeping the peace of their homes through good food, the great ladies organized a special gastronomy fare to show case the wonderful delicacies of the different cultural zones in Cameroon  on the 03^rd  of March 2023.

On the 04th and 6^th March respectively, they engaged some sport disciplines, notably a sports walk and football to prove their competence in the physical activity which for a long time was reserved for the male folk. Even though the great ladies lost by 2 goals to their counterparts, the Women of the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries who scored 3 goals, the women had a wonderful time and proved their worth on the field.

On the 07^th of March 2023, after and elusive round- table discussion on the opportunities for women in today’s technological world,  the great ladies rounded off with a brilliant match past in beautiful sun shine fabrics  at the 20^th May boulevard on the 08^th of March 2023 before Prof. Marie Therese ABENA ONDOUA, Minister of the Promotion of Women’s Affair  and the Family, the representative of the first lady Mrs Chantal BIYA.

In her speech for the after party of the match past, which took place at the MINFOPRA esplanade, Mme TABOD Jacqueline, Inspector General and supervisor of the IWD celebrations at MINFOPRA appreciated the head of department Minister Joseph LE for his dedication to the satisfaction and fulfilment of the female folk of his Ministry. She however pleaded for the Minister to consider the establishment of continuous trainings for female staff in the arts of Information and Communication Technologies.

The Minister of the Public Service in his speech noted that MINFOPRA women are exceptional people who know how to combine work, house duties and other relaxation activities. He recognized their undeniable contribution to the advancement of work at MINFOPRA and urged them to continue to do well  in their different departments for the satisfaction of the users who have been crowned  royalties  of MINFOPRA.

Staffing of health personnel in health facilities: MINFOPRA reassures young Parliamentarians.

In a plenary sitting of young parliamentarians at the National Assembly today 9th February 2023, Minister Joseph LE edified the young parliamentarians on the efforts that have been employed by the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform to improve the numbers of  health workers in all localities  of Cameroon.

Answering the question posed by the young parliamentarian Augustine AROGA of the Centre region, Minister Joseph LE, acknowledged that there's  a significant shortage of medical personnel in our health facilities and it is expected that all those recruited should emerge from the training institutions in the country but there are important things that pose as challenges to achieving this necessity.

Amongst others,   budgetary constraints as well as the restrictive and precautionary methods of recruitment in the public service makes it impossible to recruit a massive number of trained personnel.

Moreover,  the deadlock of having health personnel who after being recruited,  desert their working sites in the hinterlands for greener pastures abroad is also a real challenge MINFOPRA is working on solving.

Worthy of note is the fact that Minister LE accompanied by a delegation of his close collaborators was talking on the occasion of the 6th appearance of the parliamentary network "esperance Jeunesse" for the promotion of public policies and actions in favour of youth and children before the National Assembly chaired by honourable Hilarion ETONG, 1st Vice President of the National Assembly, representative of the President of the National Assembly, Cavaye YEGUIE DJIBRIL.

According to Minister LE, statistics from existing health facilities show that there is a shortage of 68000  personnel including 53000 health workers ( general practitioners, senior nurses, nurses, nursing assistants, health technicians, midwives, just to name but these). Despite these figures, he however  pointed out that from 2018 to 2022 over 2 211 health personnel have been recruited and deployed to the Ministry of health.

At the close of his speech, Minister LE mentioned that the aforementioned figures  are some signs of hope on which  the youths should rest  upon and trust in the actions government is taking to address their concerns.

Daisy Diane Mafor, Communication Unit/MINFOPRA

Amélioration du cadre  et des  conditions de travail: des perspectives rassurantes pour les personnels de l’annexe de Dragage.
 

Le Ministre de la Fonction Publique et de la Réforme Administrative, Monsieur Joseph LE a présidé en fin d'après-midi du mercredi 15 février 2023, une séance de travail à  l'Auditorium de la Délégation Régionale du MINFOPRA pour le Centre. Ladite Séance  de travail etait consacrée à l'évaluation de des travaux de sécurisation du bâtiment annexe du MINFOPRA et l'amélioration du cadre de travail des personnels dans de meilleurs délais.

La sécurisation des bureaux, l’installation de la climatisation et des caméras de surveillance,  l'éclairage externe du bâtiment, la révision des installations défectueuses, et le rafraîchissement de la peinture aux couleurs du bâtiment principal ; ce sont là quelques projets immédiats que le MINFOPRA a entrepris dans le but d'améliorer le cadre de travail des personnels du bâtiment.
Avant de présider cette réunion, le Ministre Joseph LE a tenu faire le tour du propriétaire pour avoir une idée précise de l'état d'avancement des travaux déjà entrepris. Il était question pour le Chef de département de s’assurer que la pose des 165 canons, des grilles sur les ouvertures et le scellage des bais vitrées prévus sont déjà effectifs.
Dans son propos liminaire  , il a réitèré à l’ensemble du personnel qu’il reste disponible pour toute proposition relative à ce projet d’amélioration de leurs conditions de travail.
Cette séance de travail faisait suite à  la réunion de crise du 04 janvier dernier relative à la sécurisation des bureaux du bâtiment annexe.
La réunion a duré une heure d’horloge et s'est achevée sur une note de satisfaction globale.

Fight Against Corruption (APNAC): MINFOPRA receives Members of the executive bureau of the Network of Cameroonian Parliamentarians

The fight against Corruption is primordial at MINFOPRA. From establishing policies to taking active action the Ministry of the Public Service has remained on alert on anti- corruption actions within the Public Service. This was the basis of discussion between APNAC and MINFOPRA today 17^th January 2023 at the MINFOPRA conference hall.

The meeting which was presided over by the Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform, Joseph LE, was the occasion to present to the members of parliament, the multiple actions that have been undertaken at MINFOPRA to kick corruption out of MINFOPRA and guarantee user satisfaction.

In his opening address, Minister Joseph LE noted amongst other mechanisms; the creation of a toll-free number that gives users the possibility to present their complaints, an engaged presence and follow up on almost all social media platforms, the existence of an interactive program dubbed “You and Us” to guarantee direct interactivity with users, the existence of a suggestion box in the Minfopra main building etc.

Commenting on the Minister’s speech, the head of mission of the four- man delegation of parliamentarians, the honourable Essomba Bengono Engelbert saluted the MINFOPRA for the brilliant work that has been done so far and precised that, MINFOPPRA has been rated amongst the best in terms of fight against corruption and the echoes are positive from the National Assembly. He however urged Minister LE to more diligence in his work and share best practices with others so they could learn from his example.

The meeting ended in a working session.