Africa-Press – Namibia. THE Ministry of Fisheries is working on completing a balanced scorecard for fishing rights holders by the end of the financial year.
This was said by the director of policy, planning and economics, Anna Erastus, in an interview with The Namibian.
She says the time of implementation will depend on the ministry.
“The scorecard is very important because it is going to determine the distribution of the quotas,” she said.
Currently, there is no determining factor on how fish quotas are allocated.
According to Erastus, the scorecard quotas will be allocated based on performance.
“It is about performance and weight. It will be very transparent,” she said.
The scorecard is on top of the agenda for Erastus’ return to work, two years after fighting her dismissal from the ministry in 2020.
She will retire in June.
She did not want to dwell on the details of her dismissal.
“For me, it was just an unfair dismissal and I still don’t know why I was dismissed, because there were too many stories,” she said.
Erastus was reinstated in November 2022 when she won her labour case on technicalities when the ministry failed to comply with the timeframe of its appeal against the initial ruling.
The position was never filled.
Fisheries ministry spokesperson Uaripi Katjukua declined to comment on the matter, saying she is not at liberty to discuss a staff member’s issues with the media.
“I’m open to discussing other fisheries and marine resources issues that are of public interest,” she said.
Inside sources claim that one of the reasons why she was dismissed was because she made the working environment unbearable for her subordinates.
Four of them have allegedly resigned as a result.
“We are worried about the well-being of the people who claim to be victims of her aggression. What happens to their complaints? The ministry ought to listen to its staff because a group of people cannot have a problem against one person,” said the sources.
The sources are questioning why the ministry has agreed to return her to office, which they feel is a basic violation of conditions of employment for failing to provide a safe environment.
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