Sabah women to be appointed based on merit — CM
KOTA KINABALU: Appointment of women to any post will be based on merit, Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman said.
The state government, he added, had and would continue to give room and opportunity to women in Sabah to be appointed to a post based on merit.
“When the time is right, I am confident that women will be given the appropriate opportunity such as the appointment of the new State Attorney General,” Musa said at the state-level Women’s Day celebration here.
“At the same time, I urge all government agencies, statutory bodies and GLCs to appoint at least one woman to their Board of Directors. This is aimed at achieving the policy of 30 per cent women at the decision making level in the corporate sector,” Musa added.
He also said the state government would continue to ensure that women, especially those in Sabah would be competitive and have the spirit of creativity as well as high innovation so that they would not be left out of the development sector.
The government will also ensure that women will complement men in supporting and realizing its aspirations, he added.
“In line with that, the government, through the Community Service and Consumer Affairs Ministry, as its implementing agency, has drawn up strategies as well as concentrated efforts to improve the living standard of women towards better achievement in the state,” he said.
“We are here tonight to show our recognition and appreciation to the contribution of women no matte how small because they have contributed to the development of the state and country as well as to their families,” Musa said.
He also stressed that women are no less important in the TN50 agenda and that their ideas as well as suggestions are needed to help the state and country develop as well grow progressively.
Musa said that the state government welcomes input from women as to what is good for the development of Sabah and for our future generations.
“Together we work for our state which will be inherited by our future generations and we must leave them a state that has the comfort and prosperity for them to enjoy, “Musa added and called on women, whom he said is the government’s strategic partner to contribute to the development of the state and country,” he stressed.
Also present at the event was Community Development and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Jainab Ahmad Ayid.