The deployment of politicians to senior positions because of their relationship with the ruling parties in Africa

Abstract

Politicians in Africa are deployed to senior government positions because of their proximity to leaders. Heads of state in Africa are compelled by their political parties to deploy certain individuals to government positions. This article is presenting a view that is mostly contributing to poor public service delivery in Africa but is less covered by scholars. Ruling political parties in Africa are the cause of excessive poverty in the continent. In government positions, they deploy people not based on what they can offer to the government and the people but based on their political convictions and political party preference. Leaders are scared of deploying people in government whose political party preference is not known or who comes from a different political party. This article, therefore, argues that the governing political parties in Africa should have one goal in mind which is to improve the lives of the people and the economy. The political preferences of people should not be a priority but people must be deployed based on their skills, capabilities, and qualifications. The objective of this article is to propose a mechanism that could assist the governing political party leaders in Africa to fight poverty. Secondly, is to propose a model that would replace the existing deployment model of government employees in various government institutions in Africa. This study applied secondary research methodology because the information was accessible to the researcher from different sources. This article found that political parties fear the appointment of people who do not come from their political parties because of their political fate.