GUJRAT: The local government department plans to recruit monitoring and evaluation assistants (MEAs) on the pattern of education and health sectors for constant monitoring of the performance of local bodies staff deputed from union councils, municipal committee, municipal corporations to the district councils.

An official source quoting the local government secretary told Dawn that retired army personnel, mainly of the rank of subedar, could be recruited as MEAs.

Earlier, the government had launched monitoring of health and education departments at district level across the province through MEAs, who were mostly retired army officials.

The official, who attended a recent training of local government officials in Lahore, said that the senior hierarchy of the department shared the plan of launching MEAs for the monitoring of entire establishment of the staff at city as well as district level.

The department came up with the plan after finding serious irregularities in attendance of staff as well as financial issues.

Published in Dawn, April 26th, 2017