Officials from the Public Service Commission have challenged public institutions to properly manage human resource by following procedures for recruitment and improving the working environment to avoid conflict with employees.This was said during a meeting between the commission’s executive secretary Angelina Muganza and officials from the Northern Province.The commission says public institutions have on several occasions violated recruitment procedures and fired or suspended employees without following due process."These irregularities have caused losses to the government, especially through paying penalties to the affected employees,” said Muganza.Over Rwf24 million was paid to various former employees who were fired under different circumstances since 2009 in the Northern Province alone, officials said.Muganza said before firing an employee, there should be prior actions including coaching, warning letters and temporally suspension."New staff should never be employed based on nepotism,” she warned."If employers are not aware of laws they should seek legal advice before taking action.”Northern Province Governor Aime Bosenibamwe said that public employers should follow laws in recruitment and managing the staff. "We want to set up a monthly control system on human resource management to avoid losses that are caused by mismanagement of human resource,” he said.District officials said they are committed to follow procedures in management of employees.