Sunday 15th September, 2019
By Kingsley Mamore, GNA
Dambai (O/R), Sept. 15, GNA – Mr Akwasi
Owusu Yeboa, Oti Regional Minister has asked Municipal and District Chief
Executives, (MDCEs) and Heads of Departments in the region to stop travelling
and stay at post.
He said frequent travellings “in the name of
workshops and conferences” were negatively affecting the efficient and
effective performance of both political heads and their respective technocrats
in the newly created region and that must stop.
The Minister who was speaking at the maiden
meeting of the MDCEs and Heads of Departments said he had also written to the
Presidency to minimise the frequent call of officials in the region to Accra.
The meeting was organised by the Regional
Coordinating Council and aimed at mapping out strategies for accelerated
socioeconomic development of the region.
Mr Yeboa said any MDCE and Head of
Department who had additional responsibility and ought to travel outside the
region must sought permission from his office with justification.
He also advised the technocrats to exhibit
high level of professionalism in the discharge of their duties to enable them
guide the political heads to make well informed decisions.
Some officials lamented that lack of
conducive office environment, residential accommodation and poor road network
were posing great challenges to their ability to deliver effectively on their
core mandate.
They said the non-availability of a university
in the area for further studies was also worrying.
GNA
