Ministers’ performance to be reviewed every six months

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has introduced a comprehensive key performance indicator (KPI) to gauge the performance and achievements of his cabinet. The prime minister said he would also be personally involved in assessing the performance of all the ministers every six months with the assistance of the minister in the Prime Minister’s Department who is in charge of a unit to monitor the KPI.
“With the help of this minister, I will monitor the KPI to ensure that it runs smoothly. For the record, I will be personally and directly involved in reviewing the performance of all the ministers every six months.
“Should any performance not meet the standard, I, the relevant minister and public officials concerned will remove any obstacle that is impeding their performance. This is has been my approach all along to achieve transformation through a performance-based leadership,” he said.
He said the KPI would emphasise impact instead of input and outcome, not output, to ensure a public service delivery that is value for money. Senator Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon is the Minister in charge of Unity and Performance in the new Cabinet. - Bernama