TBS Director General, Joseph Masikitiko
Chairman of Kisarawe Cassava processors, Filbert Mlay, made the appeal yesterday in Dar es Salaam when briefing reporters on development of the food processing plant in the region.
He said the government must make sure that the standard body has enough staff to implement its duties including removing of substandard goods which have flooded the Tanzanian market.
“I believe the standard body has few staff, that is why it fails to implement some of its activities, I urge the government to authorise the organisation to employ as many staff as it need,” he urged.
Citing, he said in Kenya and Uganda their standard bureaus have over 1000 and 500 staff respectively, despite being smaller in geographical size but at the moment, TBS has recruited only 422 staff.
Seconding the appeal, TBS Director General, Joseph Masikitiko, said up to November last year the organisation had only 222 staff.
He said during the financial year 2014/15 the government issued a permit which enabled the organisation to employ 200 staff.
“Up to January this year, our organisation had a total of 422 permanent staff,” he said.
However, Masikitiko admitted that the government has issued a permit to recruit 136 staff in different categories whereas by June 2016, the total number of permanent employee would stand at 558, however, he said at the moment, the total demand of staff stands at 750.
For many years, the bureau has been operating in difficult conditions, facing acute shortages of human resources to be able to roll out its mission and vision throughout the country.
With less than 400 staff, the bureau has been repeatedly appealing for the government to allow employment of more staff to cater for the growing business operations that demand a powerful watchdog to oversee.
However experts urge workers of standards body not to compromise on the quality of products since it is an important aspect in the lives of humans and the environment. Financial experts urge TBS to make sure that manufacturers observe the stipulated laws in order to avoid the negative economic effects of Leave Your Comment
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