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Nandi-Ndaitwah stressed that the government should not be the country’s primary employer, and instead must create a functioning environment for the private sector to drive job creation.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has warned that Namibia’s current public wage bill of over N$35 billion is unsustainable, urging civil servants to embrace innovation, improve service delivery, and operate within a tightened fiscal limit.
Speaking at NIPAM in Windhoek recently, she addressed hundreds of public employees and called for a renewed culture of accountability and purpose across all government institutions.
Nandi-Ndaitwah stressed that the government should not be the country’s primary employer, and instead must create a functioning environment for the private sector to drive job creation.
She reminded public servants of the performance expectations tied to their benefits and condemned misuse of office for self-enrichment. Referencing complaints about poor service, the President demanded an end to public officials treating citizens as burdens and warned that non-performance will carry consequences.
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She said public servants must adopt a basic-needs and service-excellence approach to meet the constitutional obligation of delivering essential services across all communities.