The administration of financial authorities and the social partners recently held a working session in Libreville. Objective: to find lasting solutions to the ills which undermine financial administrations, at the head of which, the payment of bonuses to agents.
Shaken by mood swings among its agents in recent months, the administration of the financial authorities is working to end the crisis. In this sense, the directors general of the Public Treasury, Taxes, Customs and Hydrocarbons held a working session with the heads of the various unions of financial authorities, on September 15 in Libreville. Four points were on the agenda to satisfy the social partners for an imminent exit from the crisis: the payment of the budgetary performance bonus (PPB), the supervision of the PST, the situation of agents awaiting integration and the ‘review of premium payment files.
The different parties had already agreed, concerning the first point, on the payment of this bonus on the basis of the hierarchy of personnel. Starting with the most fragile categories, in particular non-integrated staff as well as agents with low cash flow capacities for the first phase. The second would then bring together the rest of the employees.
The general managers present at this working session were responsible for transmitting the files of “priority” agents for the payment of the PPB. What was done. The agents were therefore paid on the basis of the collegial conclusions of the meeting. “The current context of health crisis has repercussions on state resources, which is why stakeholders opted for payment by category and chronologically. It was also decided by mutual agreement that henceforth, whenever the State is confronted with cash flow tensions, it will be on the basis of this prioritization that payments will be made, “explained a union leader.
As for the supervision of the PST, the administration and the social partners have previously agreed to establish a legal framework with texts defining the sources of financing in a transparent manner, its granting conditions, while attaching them to the performance so that everyone receives it according to their efforts. Which would really make it a variable bonus. Regarding agents awaiting integration, this is a matter of government policy, dealt with by the highest authorities.
While the administration has shown a desire to put out hotbeds of tension within it, questions remain. How to pay a performance-based bonus uniformly to all agents? How do you keep it fixed in this case, when it has to vary depending on performance? What regulatory framework should be put in place to determine in full transparency from what revenue should be drawn these bonuses? These are all questions to which the administration of financial authorities and the social partners should provide answers for their common interest and that of the state funds.
