The Bank of South Sudan has introduced what it calls ‘Whistle blowing policy’, to make its work more transparent and accountable.
After the second quarterly ordinary meetings from 17th to 19th July, Governor and Board Chairman, of the Bank, Dier Tong Ngor said the policy will address the Bank’s commitment to integrity and ethical behavior of its staff.
He says the bank wants to be transparent and accountable.
‘We think it will bring even more improvement because we will give our employees the right to report malpractices. We are now giving employees protection that they can report issues like that so that they are addressed. So if one of the employees report that a wrong doing is committed by certain staff, then we will apply the rules that we have here. It can even go beyond our rules. If somebody is committing a crime, then you will go beyond the bank. It can go to the court. So that is the impact of our policy. So we want to be more transparent as a Bank because we have to be transparent and accountable’, the governor stresses.
Dier also promises to increase the welfare of the staff.
‘The board also discussed and agreed to improve the welfare of Bank of South Sudan employees, including issues relating to pay, pension scheme, medical insurance and other measures that can improve the working conditions of the employees of the bank’, he explains.
UNMISS earlier said it supports transparency and accountability through right to information.
It noted that access to information is a fundamental right and a vital tool to prevent and fight corruption by increasing transparency, accountability and public trust in national institutions.