New civil service policy for Gambia
The
President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh, has announced his government's
intention to introduce a new civil service policy in the country
within the next five years, which will aim at promoting the culture
of posting civil servants to their native regions.
This, he told the people of Diabugu in Sandu District, is in fact
already in progress, making reference to the regional governors and
mayors, whom he said are all natives of the regions they are
governing. This move, President Jammeh added, aims at handing over
full responsibilities to the people to develop their regions.
The Gambian leader who was speaking on Day 4 of his 2009 ‘Dialogue
with the people’ tour said his government has realized that the
people will deliver well in their native home, which they know
better other places. “Even the security sector,” he said, “will not
be spared by the new policy”.
On enrollments in Diabugu Senior Secondary Schools, President Jammeh
expressed dissatisfaction over low enrollment of students at the new
Diabugu Senior Secondary School in Sandu District, Upper River
Region (URR).
According to him, this is a clear testimony that residents of the
area are not taking their children to school, despite the fact that
they had requested the construction of a senior secondary school in
their area.
He added that the overall number of students in the village’s upper
and senior secondary schools is about 300, unlike other schools,
which he observed are densely populated. He made this observation
after visiting the school shortly before the start of the meeting.
President Jammeh advised that the Sarahuleh community in Sandu to
send their children to school, otherwise his government will decide
on whether or not to provide further development projects for the
area. He tasked the elders of the village to sensitize their people
on the importance of education and to encourage the family heads to
send their children to school.
courtesy: AfricaNews
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