ACC organogram with 2,200 manpower almost ready

Ismail Hossain | Published: April 12, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2024 06:01:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has almost finalised its draft organogram consisting of the strength of around 2,200, more than double the current workforce.
If the ACC gets the organogram approved by the government, there will be 70 per cent increase in the manpower as the anti-corruption watchdog has only 973 posts currently, though it is supposed to have the manpower of 1,264.
"We are finalising the nitty-gritty and hope to send the proposed organogram to the concerned authority by the end of this month," ACC Chairman M. Badiuzzaman told The Financial Express.
In the proposed organogram, the ACC has a plan to expand its activities to all 64 districts instead of the existing 22 districts.
There will be 11 regional offices of the ACC to supervise district offices across the country.
Earlier last year, the ACC formed a three-member committee, headed by its Director General Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal to finalise the organogram. The two other members of the committee are ACC directors Golam Yahia and Niru Shamsun Nahar.
The committee placed the organogram before the ACC high-ups recently.
"The ACC higher authority is reviewing the proposal and after its finalisation, it will be sent to the cabinet for approval," said a member of the committee.
Currently, the ACC has one chairman, two commissioners, six directors general, 19 directors and 81 deputy directors. There will not be any change in the top two tiers of the anti-corruption watchdog.
There will be seven directors general instead of the present six, 26 new directors against the existing 19. There will be 168 deputy directors against 81, two hundred and sixty assistant directors against 133 and 309 deputy assistant directors against 124. Â
There will be 70 court inspectors instead of 21 posts and two administrative officers instead of one. There will many other new positions including medical officer, nurse, pharmacist, medical assistant etc.
The 11 regional offices will cover former greater districts and divisions. These offices will coordinate and supervise the activities of district offices.
According to the ACC source, 42 new posts of deputy director will be created for new district offices.
The present organogram was approved on June 06, 2006 after the Commission had been formed in 2004.
The ACC was set up under a law which came into force on May 9, 2004. Previously, it was the Bureau of Anti-Corruption (BAC).
Although initially it could not make the desired impact, immediately after its reconstitution in February 2007, the ACC began working with renewed vigour, duly acceding to the UN Convention against Corruption that was adopted by the General Assembly on October 31, 2003.
The ACC Chairman said the activities of the Commission had expanded much, but not enough to check unabated corruption across the country. He expressed hope that the ACC would have new offices in all 64 districts from the beginning of next financial year.
Advisor to the former caretaker government M Hafizuddin Khan told the FE that the ACC did not need to cover all the 64 districts now.
He said the Commission was failing to create an environment of fear for the corrupt with the existing manpower.
"What will it do with doubled manpower, I don't understand?" he wondered.
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