Anti-Corruption Commission wants a 100% increase of its workforce

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to propose the Ministry of Public Administration to revise the organogram with doubling the workforce it currently has.

There are currently 1,063 people working at the anti-graft body formed in 2004 under the ACC Act.

The proposal suggests raising the number to 2,202, ACC Secretary Md Mustafa Kamal told bdnews24.com.

The proposal will reach the ministry within a few days, he said.

A five-member medical unit, help desk and electrical unit are added to the revised organogram.

The public relations wing will be extended with one director, two deputy directors, and two assistant directors, Mustafa said.

The division currently has one deputy director.

“If the proposal is approved, the number of employees will increase at all levels including the posts of DG, director, deputy director, assistant director, deputy assistant director, court inspector,” said the ACC secretary.

At present, ACC has 22 district offices. The proposal suggests setting up 35. It also suggests recruiting two more directors to the present lot of six.

A similar proposal was sent to the ministry while Md Badiuzzaman was in office as ACC chairman. But the ministry sent it back after reviewing.

Last year in February, it again called on ACC to bring in the proposal with suggested changes incorporated. 

In continuation to the process, ACC approved the draft in its meeting on Sunday.

Another ACC meeting recently granted the proposal to increase funds regarding yearly salary and allowances of its staff.

It heightens the amount by around Tk 250 million. Currently, there are Tk 220 million allotted to the fund.

The anti-graft body currently has one post of director general (investigation). The proposal suggests creating two new posts – Investigation-1 and Investigation-2 – and one more post of director general to oversee training and ICT.

There will be 35 directors instead of 19, 184 deputy directors instead of 81, 320 regular assistant directors instead of 133 and 594 posts in the first division instead of 148 if the proposal is approved.

It also suggests taking in 309 deputy assistant directors (at present there are 124), 42 court inspectors (currently there are 21), and one more administration officer (currently there is one).

It suggests raising the number of second-grade employees from 148 to 414.

ACC proposes to have 1,040 staff in third grade (present number 813) and 151 staff under the fourth grade (current number 43).

The proposal also suggests changing the name of “Subsection on Outstanding Matters and Inspection” to “Department of Money Laundering”, said the ACC secretary.

There will be a three-member IT wing with software and hardware engineers.

ACC wants one full-time director for training which currently has one deputy director.