Minister Fahie to lodge complaint into leaks in his Ministry
Minister Fahie is unhappy that Government’s HR business is being leaked. Photo: Aneka Edwards/VINO
By ANEKA EDWARDS
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “It is a travesty to know, whether it is factual or not, the confidentiality of Human Resources matters continue to be leaked to the public,” revealed Minister for Education and Culture, Andrew Fahie, who will be doing something about it.
In an exclusive interview with VINO recently, the frank politician insisted that the culprits need to desist such practice.
“It is not giving any credence to if it so or not, but the fact that things of this nature continue to be leaked especially to the media is alarming. It is an indictment on the security of the Territory and we must have the mind-set to have it solved,” Hon. Fahie said.
In giving a scenario, the Education Minister noted that if someone is recommended for a position and the appointment was not approved, when leaked, it creates a lot of havoc.
“Even if it [appointment] is recommended and approved you create a lot of imbalance with the staff and a lot of anxiety with the staff. Most of all the trust in the public service breaks down when this happens,” he explained.
Furthermore, Hon. Fahie said, “That aspect has to be worked on…and I noticed it is coming mostly out of my Ministry. It has to be handled with the requisite authorities which will be the Governor, the Deputy Governor and HR personnel. It cannot be allowed to continue.”
Against this backdrop, a formal complaint will be documented, Minister Fahie added.
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but who talk more than Fahie?
for real
well nothing is confidential in government any more with them set ah fools running some of dem departments
I agree they link all kinds of information to deeds online. Look what happen to the Premier’s office that forced out a PS…leeks rules in the civil service especially with all the NDPs
Clearly trust and professionalism has broken down. In any organization regardless if it is a public or private must be able to operate with a high level of professionalism. Leaking of private and confidential in formation is a serious issue. It causes the breakdown of good order and discipline. It result in a dysfunctional organization that cannot trust employees and where each employee is treated with suspicion.
Employment is a contract between the employee and the employer. Both parties have an obligation to honor the terms and condition of the contract. And leaking information is a breach of contract regardless of the reason(s) for the breach whether it is politics, spite…….etc. The leaking affect both the guilty and innocent. For example if a department have a reputation for leaks, other departments or ministries may be hesitant in promoting employees from the dept. with the notorious reputation.
Employees may be disgruntled with how a dept or ministry is run but if the dept head or minister is not violating any policy(s), asking you to do something illegal or immoral then one is duty bound to carry out lawful orders. The civil service has a process for handling violations. Use it. Leaking is cancerous. And like any cancer it need to be treated. Serious consequences for confirmed leakers.
But every body talks. They said the former governor use to talk the cabinet business because he hated the VIP
I believe most of the leaks are coming from NDP senior officers
it got to be those doggone ndp’s…..i dont/cant trust them at all,especially since that fco paper…thats why it backfired in their faces when he call the bvi a succes story
Who does leak more Gov info then he…for sure you can c where n who he is loyal (party) just look at who got hired and working for him and he got the nerve to move out the vip people and with the same breath he is saying he strongly supports the vip…come on give me a break. How can a person lauch an investigation on themself
Fahie needs to start with his own self, then his letters and cabinet papers left in his suv, then his text hahaha hehehe
True, and the HOA waiting on documents and can’t get them. What a thing!!!
in today’s world everyone talks about everyone. As a matter of fact them talk about Jesus Christ who is you or me. And what i have observed at my place of work the leak of information comes from the head because them have there special persons who them tell the story to and that special person has others who they tell, so leaking of information is no surprise. And it will continue to be that way we either live with it or else.