By
Morkporkpor Anku, GNA
Accra, Aug. 30, GNA – The Civil and Local
Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG), on Thursday awarded six
distinguished past and present members with the late Nathan Anang Quao Annual
Integrity Awards for their dedication to the Civil Service.
The awardees were Mrs Felicia Dapaah for
Professionalism, Mr Adim Odoom and Robert Nii Akwei Allotey both for Integrity,
Dr Robert Dodoo for Leadership in Civil Service Delivery, Mr Francis Andan for
Leadership in Local Governance and Mr E. M. Debrah for Loyalty in Civil Service
Administration.
The Award scheme formed part of the neutrality
project established and launched by CLOGSAG to sensitise their constituents to
give off unblemished service devoid of any political colorization and
nepotism.
Mr Bright Wierko-Brobbey, a Deputy Minister of
Employment and Labour Relations, speaking at the Maiden Edition of the Awards
said government was aware of the resource constraints and challenges faced by
civil and local government staff in the delivery of their duties.
He called on Civil Servants to continue to
exhibit the high sense of integrity in the delivery of their various duties
even though there were challenges.
He said the kind of dedication the Civil
Servant were putting into their daily activities would surely be rewarded in
due time.
“There are different category of people in the
Civil Service, those who see themselves as mere workers and those who get
things done the right way,” he added.
He encouraged the Leadership of CLOGSAG to
endeavour with the organisation of the Awards to inspire others to put up their
best in the Service.
Nana Agyekum Dwamena, the Head of Civil
Service said Civil Servants must develop the courage to speak through to
leaders in power, as the late Nathan Quao was noted for.
He said the Public Service was underpinned by
various legal framework and regulations to guide in institutional standards and
administrative process and procedures as well as code of conduct.
He said these frameworks were to guide the
Public Sector staff in their work and it was expected that officers would
adhere to them and ensure that interest of the State was paramount.
“The legal frameworks warrant that public
officers stay above reproach and demonstrate high levels of integrity in all
their dealings with the citizenry,” he added.
He said, if a public officer interfere with a
client on government’s agenda, programmes and projects; that public officer
have no integrity and is corrupt, not much could be achieved.
Nana Dwamena said integrity was fundamental to
the success of any public sector programmes and projects and it was, therefore,
important that the public officer appointed or elected to be truthful, honest,
transparent and accountable to the people for all their decision and actions.
He said the role of political leadership in the
struggle to establish an integrated principle for the public service could not
be over-emphasised.
She said with active participation of all
public sector workers and the private sector, it was possible to uproot or
eliminate corruption to enable government save enough resources to pursue its
programmes and project to achieve the SDGs.
Naba Alhaji M. A. Azonka I, President of
CLOGSAG said Civil Servants were required to render selfless service to the
nation, act professionally, be neutral, and objective.
He said the neutrality project emanated from
certain observation from the Supreme Court ruling on what the nature of service
within the Civil and Local Government Service should be.
“The principles of anonymity and neutrality
and permanence ought to be respected by us in our dealings with the public or
our clients,” he added.
He said this was an opportunity to show
reverence and assure all staff in the Services that in the near future they
would receive the necessary acknowledgment.
GNA