The Head of Civil Service, Nana Agyekum Dwamena has admonished Civil Servants to be politically neutral as much as possible in the discharge of their duties.
“Let’s be neutral and let’s not be political so that the politician will have cause to change us.”
“The image of the Civil Service cannot be pleasant if we continue to put up such attitudes and do not work hard to improve upon it”, he stated.
According to him, the Council acknowledges the challenges the Civil Service face and has promised to address them.
Nana Agyekum Dwamena noted that if Civil Servants stay politically neutral, they would be better placed to offer efficient and dedicated services to the nation.
He was speaking to staff of the Ministry of Defence, during a working visit of the Ghana Civil Service Council.
The function of the council is to ensure the implementation of the Civil Service Law 1993, (PNDCL 327) which is to assist the government in the formulation and implementation of government policies for the development of the nation.
The Members of the Civil Service Council are; Justice Rose Owusu, Retired Supreme Court Judge; Chairperson, Nana Kwesi Agyekum Dwamena; Head of Civil Service, Justice Henrietta A. Abban; Retired Justice of the Appeal Court and Edwin P.D. Barnes; former Chief Director of the Ministry of the Interior and Office of the Head of Civil Service.
The rest Isaac T. Adjovu; former Chief Director of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, Isaac Asiamah; from the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Mary I. Amadu; former Direector of Social Welfare and Isaac Bampoe Addo of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOSAG).
Source: OHCS-PR