They should be left free to work and shown the door if they fail to deliver. Sometimes I wonder whether there is coordination between the various sectors in the machinery of governance. For example, if something is going wrong in the forestry sector or something should be done in that area, should a senior officer in the sector blurt it out or should he or she make the suggestion or recommendation through the appropriate channels to the competent authority. Right now it appears that any civil or political official can make criticisms or recommendations about chain-saw operation, processing and export of timber products, preserving the forests, etc. etc. etc. There used to be a system of official reports by the various departments of state in the colonial days.
Some departments still carry on the tradition.
Perhaps it would help if all organizations which are supported by the tax payer publish at least annual reports. This should reduce the pollution of the atmosphere with inter-organizational criticisms and suggestions which have not been adequately digested. Members of government or the administration and public officials should know where to forward their suggestions and how to promote them. Blurting out whatever comes to their minds in public gives the impression of a disorganized government. Here the use of the word urged might be justified, but what followed did not promote that firm direction which was required.