Abstract
Since the end of the decade-long civil war in 2002, the Sierra Leone government has made a great stride towards the recovery and rebuilding of livelihoods of the people. The government has also gone the extra length to involve the local communities in active decision-making in the government decentralization drive, giving the people the opportunity to directly bring in and implement developments in their own local communities. Witheven the improvements in local councils in Sierra Leone, however, the managerial system of the local councils still require significant further development. It is argued that a sound management system is the most critical tool necessary for organizational development. In other words, well-trained and qualified managerial personnel in Sierra Leone’s local councils will lay the basis for successful and sustainable local councils in the country. This article reviewed and examined the role of effective personnel management on the success and sustainability of local councils. The success of a local council is measured in terms of the developments brought, implemented and approved by the local communities. Then sustainability of a local council is measured in the ability of the council to raise revolving funds from the implemented development programs for reinvestment into further development based on the needs hierarchy of the people and their communities. The study discussed the managerial problems encountered by local councils in the course of delivering administrative functions in the local communities. Finally, it highlighted the importance of active personnel management in government decentralization in the delivery of public services towards sustainable community development.
Highlights
Sierra Leone is among the poorest countries in the world and its current economic and social infrastructure cannot support meaningful development
In spite of the re-establishment of local government system and the benefits it is supposed to bring, especially in terms of local community development via popular participation and closeness to central government, it is safe to say that the Sierra Leone scenario has failed to bring the desired aspirations of the establishment of local councils
The Bo City Council is hampered with the inefficiency of the Personnel management department, grossly failing in capacity building and the creation of conducive work environment
Summary
Sierra Leone is among the poorest countries in the world and its current economic and social infrastructure cannot support meaningful development. Both its economy and standard of life rapidly deteriorated with decades of political uncertainty which eventually led to the civil war in 1991-2000. The reestablishment of local government was believed to rapidly rebuild and improve the living standard of the people. This was to be actualized via better resource allocation and the active participation of the citizenry in the process of governance and development planning for local communities. In spite of its countless merits, the process of decentralization in Sierra Leone was far slower than ever
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