Jobs-by-representation haunts Nagaland government

• ·         Group from east district seeks jobs for ‘indigenous community’
• ·         Angami org seeks jobs only for “indigenous inhabitants of district”  

The rationale that job reservation should be given to persons based on their hailing from a particular area or tribal community appears to be growing if recent statements by various community and student organization are anything to consider.

For instance, a community organization in Kohima district has asked the Kohima District Planning & Development Board to “recruit indigenous people of the district as per the standing directive of the government of Nagaland”.

Likewise, a students’ group from one of the east districts of Nagaland, has complained that their community had “very less where 90% are IV grades only”.  

According to a syndicated DIPR report on Thursday, July 16, president of the Angami Public organization Dr. Vilhousa Saleyi asked the Kohima development board during a meeting to “to recruit indigenous people of the district as per the standing directive of the government of Nagaland”. 

The monthly meeting of the Kohima District Planning and Development Board was conducted in the board’s conference hall in Kohima town on July 15. Sub divisional officer (Sardar) Kethosituo Sekhose presided over the meeting.

“On recruitment of grade-III and grade-IV posts, the APO president requested the chairman and members of DPDB to recruit indigenous people of the district as per the standing directive of the Government of Nagaland and also to implement various packages provided by the government,” the DIPR report stated.

Regarding grant-in-aid to schools, the DIPR report said that the APO had “felt” that “adequate justification” ought to be “given to the indigenous people in the rural base area and further informed that APO felt that the state capital be given more fund allocation to maintain various activities require or to modify/renovate where Rural base populace interest is not compromise”. 

The district’s sub divisional officer is said to have responded that “the points conveyed by the APO president were noted and said that it will be taken up as and when it arises”.

In other matters, the Angami Public Organization has expressed its concerns about maintaining “discipline” and law and order in the state’s capital town, Kohima town.

APO President Dr. Vilhousa Saleyi “conveyed the desires of APO on value of discipline, law and order in the state capital,” the DIPR said.

“He said that the APO had organized consultative meeting with some sectors and organizations for maintaining law and order in the state capital and sought the forum for co-operation in maintaining peaceful co-existence of our forefather for the present and future generations”, the reports explained.

He was quoted in the DIPR minute as having said that the APO had observed “developmental activities in Kohima are urban oriented programs” and appealed the board particularly “the major department to think over for rural base populace” while implementing new programs in future.

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