{"id":273652,"date":"2011-01-12T22:19:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T22:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=46634"},"modified":"2011-01-12T22:19:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T22:19:35","slug":"ex-president-rawlings-calls-on-clogsag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/12\/ex-president-rawlings-calls-on-clogsag\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-President Rawlings Calls On CLOGSAG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_46635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46635\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-46635\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/12\/ex-president-rawlings-calls-on-clogsag\/jj_clogsag\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46635\" title=\"jj_clogsag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jj_clogsag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President in a pose with some of the CLOGSAG executives and dignitaries after the opening ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nFormer President Jerry John Rawlings  has called on members of the Civil and Local Government Staff  Association (CLOGSAG) to ensure that the Civil Service is recognised as a  professional, independent body and not susceptible to petty political  intrigues.<br \/>\nIn an inspirational address that was interspersed by  repeated applause, President Rawlings said: \u201cWe may have our political  sympathies or allegiances but that should not be allowed to override the  logic and integrity of our input into government programmes.\u201d<br \/>\nThe  former President, who was speaking as a special guest of honour at the  11th Quadrennial Congress of the CLOGSAG in Cape Coast on Wednesday also  called on politicians to be patient to understand the past and present  policy underpinnings in order to make informed decisions.<br \/>\nCivil  Servants were counseled to stringently adhere to their core values and  ethics so the general public can better appreciate their role instead of  the perception that the civil service is a \u201clarge bureaucracy that  epitomises bad customer service, deliberate delay tactics and  inefficiency.\u201d<br \/>\nFormer President Rawlings criticised the past New  Patriotic Party government for its lack of integrity, which affected the  quality of the civil service and expressed concern about the repeated  failure of the current government to investigate the crimes perpetrated  by that regime.<br \/>\nHe called for change within the structure of  political parties saying those in the NPP should ensure that its  practices are unconscionable. \u201cWe (in the NDC) ought to take advantage  of our moment and see how best we can get back some of our lost  integrity. The party grew out of the conscience of Ghanaians,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe  former President praised the late Nathan Quao for his selfless  dedication to the civil service and his personal sense of discipline.  \u201cWe must not allow Mr. Nathan Quao\u2019s selfless service to go  unrecognised. If the government does nothing about it I will personally  do my bit,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe Chairman of the Civil Service Council  and former Head of Civil Service, Dr Robert Dodoo, who was the Chairman  for the occasion, described Flt Lt Rawlings as illustrious,  indefatigable and indestructible, saying the former president had always  showed love and concern for civil servants.<br \/>\nMr. James Amissah,  Acting Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG also recounted how former  President Rawlings reinstated civil servants who had been dismissed  after they demonstrated against their conditions of service in 1979.<br \/>\nSource: http: \/\/jjrawlings.wordpress.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called on members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) to ensure that the Civil Service is recognised as a professional, independent body and not susceptible to petty political intrigues. 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