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Best antidote to criticisms is work
within the law says Dzamesi
Ho, July 26, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Volta Regional
Minister, has appealed to Municipal and District Chief
executives in the region to silence critics by adopting best
practices and operating strictly within all relevant laws.
"Our responsibilities and duties as political leaders in the
Volta Region are extraordinarily challenging because of the
political orientation of the majority of the people in the
region", he said on Wednesday.
Mr Dzamesi was addressing a meeting of the Volta Regional
Co-ordinating Council attended by Municipal and District
Chief Executives, District Coordinating Directors, Heads of
Departments and Chiefs.
He told the DCEs of the rising expectations and political
consciousness of the people that required having to "go the
extra mile" in discharging their duties.
"We should be able to blow our achievements to convince our
people that support for any political party should be based
on what a party can do for the socio-economic benefit of the
people and not on mere emotionalism, sentimentalism and
particular mindset", he said.
He advised public sector workers in the region to be loyal
to the government of the day irrespective of their political
leanings.
"Our efforts as a government are simply to improve upon the
quality of life of the entire citizenry of this country" and
that "those whose duty it is to serve the state should
perform such duties without blemish in the interest of the
nation and in their own interest", Mr Dzamesi said.
He said audit reports on the financial administration of the
district assemblies were not encouraging.
"It will seem like the district assemblies are just taking
things for granted. The infractions, omissions, commissions
and irregularities are very serious matters of concern."
He directed the assemblies to procure the relevant laws on
financial administration for their core staff to study and
that the Regional Co-ordinating Director should organize
workshops for them.
Mr Dzamesi renewed his directive to assemblies to create
100-hectare land banks each to take advantage of a pilot
programme by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) to
develop infrastructure on such lands to attract investments.
Togbega Gabusu VI, President of the Volta Regional House of
Chiefs, commended government for its performance in the
development of infrastructure in the region.
"We will always thank government for its infrastructure
development", he said and called on state agencies to
collaborate their efforts to ensure quality and speedy
execution of such projects.
He advised DCEs to forge cordial working relationship
between the assemblies and the chiefs because "we hear
things you do not hear and we can help you".
"We are always there, we will never go that is why you have
to work with us", he said.
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