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By SHEILA LASIBORI
A SENIOR Correctional Service officer is alleged to have solicited money
from people who want the department to employ their children.
The officer, who is based in Port Moresby, was said to have demanded
between K500 and K1,000 for each application.
The officer accepted K400 from one parent but her son still could not
get a job with the department.
Another parent told The National that she paid the officer K200.
Both parents said they were looking for ways to report the matter to the
department’s senior management.
When contacted, CS Commissioner Richard Sikani said he had heard of
allegations of bribery and urged the parents to lodge a formal report
with his office.
“This is very serious. It is outright dismissal,” he said.
“This (corruption) is the very thing I want to stamp out in the
Correctional Service.”
Bomana College officers have also complained that the majority of those
recruited in the current intake did not pass the entry test.
They claimed that many were also related to CS officers.
Some said they were approached by senior officers to help their children
and relatives included in the intake.
An officer told The National that most of the candidates sat for the
test in Port Moresby but when the intake list was released, several of
the successful candidates were not on the test list.
He said many of the candidates in Port Moresby had done well in the
test.
“I am not sure why those who scored well did not make it,” he said.
He added that the staff development division ignored recommendations
from Bomana College staff.
 
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