2,203 civil servants in NTB to lose jobs

2,203 civil servants in NTB to lose jobs

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) administration is urging 2,203 civil servants to accept early retirement or functional jobs as part of its efforts to streamline the bureaucracy and boost efficiency.

"This is a solution to overcome problems over plans to cut jobs within the administration," its spokesman, Lalu Gita Aryadi, said on Monday.

Last month, the local government issued Regulation No. 8/2003 on the reorganization and "rationalization" of the bureaucracy in the province. The ruling will see at least 2,203 civil servants lose their jobs.

Lalu said there were at least 5,267 government posts in the provincial administration and, under the new regulation, 3,064 of them would be scrapped, affecting 2,203 civil servants.

The ruling came into effect on Feb. 27 and will last until 2005, he added. --Antara