WORKERS URGED TO OFFER DEDICATED SERVICES (PAGE 20, OCT 6)

THE District Chief Executive (DCE) for Jomoro in the Western Region, Mr Victor Nyianyi Kablan, has urged civil/public servants and security personnel in the district to be committed, dedicated, resourceful, innovative and exhibit a high sense of discipline in the performance of their duties.
He also urged them to work hard to make the district a better place to live in.
Mr Kablan made the call when addressing staff of the various decentralised departments and agencies in the district during a tour to identify their problems and help find solutions to them.
The DCE visited the District Health Directorate, the Half Assini Government Hospital, the Ghana Fire Service, the Ghana Police Service, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, the Environmental Health Unit, the National Commission for Civic Education and the Community Water and Sanitation Agency.
 He also visited the Elubo Border Post, where he addressed officers of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), the Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana Police Service.
He told the workers that they had been employed to serve the people of the district and the nation at large.
The DCE stressed the need for them to avoid negative tendencies likely to divert their attention from the mission of achieving maximum political, social and economic development and the ultimate goal of improving the quality of life of the people.
He promised that the assembly would try to solve some of the problems facing the departments and advised the workers to take good care of the few facilities that they had at their disposal.
Mr Kablan commended the security officers in the district for striving to protect lives and property in the area.
He, however, advised them not to be partisan in carrying out their official duties.
The Chief Collector of CEPS at the Elubo Border Post, Mr Nathan Quayson, said the service alone contributed about 65 per cent to the government’s total annual revenue.
He appealed to the assembly to help CEPS to acquire a speed boat or an outboard motor to enable the personnel to chase and arrest smugglers who crossed the border in canoes.
The Jomoro District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Tanko Issifu, requested for more policemen at Elubo to ensure maximum security in the town.
According to him, the discovery of oil in the district would attract many people to the area and that was likely to increase the crime rate there.