PM asks civil servants to ensure rights of every citizen

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the fresh civil service officers to work with utmost sincerity, integrity and honesty for ensuring welfare and rights of the citizens as well as establishing a developed and prosperous Bangladesh.

“You`ll have to always keep in mind that people are the owner of this republic. So it`s your responsibility for ensuring welfare and rights of every citizen of the country,” she said.

The prime minister was addressing as the chief guest the certificate awarding ceremony of the 63rd Foundation Training Course of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre and five other government institutions at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre here on Thursday evening.

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Minister for Public Administration Syed Ashraful Islam, State Minister Ismat Ara Sadique and Senior Secretary of the Public Administration Ministry Dr Mozammel Haque Khan addressed the function as the special guests, while BPATC Rector ALM Abdur Rahman chaired it.

Sanjida Parvin of BCS Administration Cadre and Khan Mohammad Salehin of BCS Agriculture Cadre also spoke at the function expressing their feelings about the six-month foundation training.

The prime minister also directed the fresh civil service officers for properly and timely implementing the development projects initiated by the government.

“You will have to remain alert so that each and every penny of the development projects is spent properly and the people get real benefit from it.”

Asserting that her government wants to make the service delivery more developed and easy through massive use of technology, Sheikh Hasina said that efforts are on to enhance the efficiency of the civil servants through imparting necessary training in this regard.

To ensure better public services, she said, the government has been decentralizing the local government to ensure public services for the huge population of the country as well as their socioeconomic development.

Recalling the great contributions of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to rebuilding the war-ravaged country, the premier said had Bangabandhu been alive, Bangladesh could have been a prosperous and developed country like Singapore much earlier.

“Bangladesh could have been an example of development in the world had Bangabandhu been alive... we must complete his unfinished task and that`s our goal,” she added.

Referring to the implementation of the Padma Bridge project with own funding, the prime minister said she believes that if there is sincerity and patriotism, then any task could be accomplished. “We took the construction of the bridge as a challenge and we won this challenge as we launched its work with our own funding,” she said.

Source: BSS