Send-off for Past Head of Civil ServiceSend-off for Past Head of Civil Service

Accra, Jan 13, GNA - Inadequate and irregular budgetary allocation accompanied by irregular releases of funds have become a hindrance to the progress of the Civil Service in Ghana, Mr W.K. Kemevor, outgoing Head of Civil Service has said. He said the situation had stalled the implementation of projects lined up for the year as well as made it impossible for Ministries and Departments to sponsor their staff for training organised by the Office of the Head of Civil Service (OHCS) and the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). “In fact records show that a number of officers who hold top management positions in the service now are seriously challenged in terms of skills and knowledge to perform very well because they did not undergo the relevant scheme of Service training to prepare them for the various grades they held at various times in the Service”, Mr Kemevor said. Mr Kemevor said this at a send-off party held in his honour by members of Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) in Accra. Mr Kemevor worked with the Civil Service for 38 years and rose through the rank as an Administrative Officer, District and Regional Director, Acting Chief Director and Head of the Civil Service. At the party which was attended by members of the Service, friends and family members, Mr Kemevor said despite the challenges, the Civil Service Council together with the entire staff through zeal and commitment were able to ensure a modest turnaround of the Service. He said a computer laboratory each had been provided through a French government support for the Government Secretarial Schools at Hoand Tamale. A three-storey training facility was also completed for the Civil Service Training Centre with support from the Japanese Government while a 100-bed six-storey hoste, approved by the government two years ago for the Training Centre is under construction at Weija in Greater Accra. He said the thorny problem of incomplete data of the staff of the Civil Service had virtually become a thing of the past and the OHCS now has an updated Human Resource database to inform effective decision making. Mr Kemevor said though he recognised that budgetary allocations were based on resources available to the nation at any given time, he looked forward to “reading about a vibrant Civil Service that is well staffed, disciplined and motivated work force with the requisite skills mix and delivering world class services to stakeholders in a professionalised and transparent manner”.He advised workers of the Service to do their jobs well, treat colleagues with respect, think through thoroughly with every action they wanted to take, both as individual officers and as Association “so we can always win the sympathy of our stakeholders, especially our employer”. The Acting Head of the Civil Service, Nana Agyarkum Dwamena congratulated Mr Kemevor for the well-deserved role he played while in active service and urged CLOGSAG to hold befitting send offs for their deserving colleagues. He said the Service would continue to consult Mr Kemevor for his advice to streamline and improve the operations of the Ghana Civil Service. Mr Isaac Bampoe Addo, Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG, said Mr Kemevor played a significant role in shaping the Civil Service and also for playing a major role in the affairs of the Association. Alhaji Mahamadu Assibi Azonko, President of CLOGSAG, also commended Mr Kemevor for his deep appreciation of challenges in the Service and his managerial acumen that had softened the grounds that had promoted an enabling environment for efficient delivery within the Civil Service. “He is an ardent promoter of peace between government and the Association and a rare icon in human relations” Alhaji Azonko said of Mr Kemevor.GNA Read Full Story