Tuesday, October 27, 2009

DONT MEDDLE IN PARTISAN POLITICS (PAGE 14, OCT 24)

The Western Regional Co-ordinating Director, Mr David Yaro, has called on civil servants in the region not to meddle in politics but work diligently to ensure the growth of the national economy.
He explained that when a party won power, its manifesto became the government’s working policy document so he, enjoined heads of departments to study the areas in the NDC manifesto that were in line with their activities and work assiduously to implement them for the benefit of the people.
Mr Yaro said politics should be left for politicians, while civil servants served with dedication for accelerated national development.
He made the call during a tour of all the 17 districts of the Western Region to familiarise himself with the problems confronting the assemblies and explain the role of the Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) in facilitating their work to ensure rapid development.
He said apart from promoting, teamwork among the various departments, the RCC also monitored and evaluated projects embarked upon by the assemblies and ensured that the people had value for the taxes they paid.
Mr Yaro used the opportunity to explain government policies to the heads of departments.
He warned civil servants who openly engaged in politics to desist from the practice, since it was against the code of ethics of the service.
The Ellembele District Chief Executive, Mr Daniel K. Eshun, thanked the co-ordinating director and enumerated the numerous challenges confronting the assembly to him.
He appealed to the government to construct an administrative block for the assembly.
Mr Eshun said in spite of the numerous challenges confronting the assembly, it was continuing projects, including the Aiyinase Community Centre, which was abandoned eight years ago, the Asaasetre Market and the construction of teachers’ quarters at Ngalechie.

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