At
least 25 new entrants of information and cadet administrative officers” into
civil service on Friday completed two weeks intensive induction training course
on the Roles and Functions of Government Machineries.
The
training which ran from January 27 February to 7, 2020, brought together
inductees from the various ministries and the Personnel Management Office
(PMO).
permanent
secretary of the PMO, Lamin F. Jawara explained to the inductees that working
under government is a noble job.
“We
hope that by injecting you people into the Civil Service as new entrants will
add more value to the system. You came at a time when the Civil Service is
going through serious modernisation,” he said.
Advising
the inductees, director general of Management Development Institute (MDI),
Alieu K. Jarjue urged them to be sincere and honest to the country, adding that
loyalty in their work as Civil Servant is paramount.
Mr.
Jarjue appealed to the inductees to be loyal to the government the way they are
loyal to their wives and husbands, saying that as human beings, nobody would
take from them what they own.
“Government
is your employer and it was the same government that trained you to familiarise
yourselves with the roles and functions of its machineries so that you can do
justice to your work,” MDI boss informed inductees.
Mr.
Jarjue advised the new inductees not to compare their success to any person but
to remain what and who they are. He reminded them to be content with what they
have in their life.
According
to the MDI boss, to be part of the Civil Service is an opportunity for them as
they were the luckiest to be appointed by PMO from lot of Gambians.