Ms Cosentino claims to puzzled staff that the fun-loving deputy director general Godfrey 'crocburger' Magwenzi has exempted her from the strict obligation required of other directors on sky high salaries to be present in the sprawling HQ building five days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Whether she actually always works during her regular two days a week out of the office or effectively enjoys a three day week is a closely-guarded secret, the sources add.

 

 Such special privileges are particularly galling for consultants and staff members who have had their teleworking opportunities drastically curtailed by the director general as Italy returned to normal following the Covid pandemic.

 

 Against this background Ms Cosentino has had her tenure as director extended from 2026-2030, evidently seeing that as a mandate to continue the blood letting in the troubled division.

 

 Meanwhile she has assigned two of her most trusted acolytes to write a policy document for the division, an assignment that FAO watchers say is unlikely to be productive given the relative inexperience of the duo in the field.

 

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