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toubab1020
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 Posted - 04 Jan 2010 : 15:11:48
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This from the Point; http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/the-plight-of-workers
And H.E says:
"As asserted by President Yahya Jammeh in his traditional New Year message, despite the various endeavours of the government to uplift the welfare of Gambians, some civil servants still continue to have improper work ethics.
He cited dishonesty, ineptitude and self-seeking behaviours among some public servants as detrimental factors "to the progressive work we continue to do in order to attain Vision 2020."
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 05 Jan 2010 : 11:54:14
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No interest in this then?,any one have any stories about "civil servants" behaviour recently ? |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 06 Jan 2010 : 18:33:24
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OK let me have another Go,Could the 20% increase in saleries( See. http://www.gambia.dk/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8586 ) help the situation? or NOT is the culture too ingrained ? The observer identified the problem in a different way,I note that some of the language used is reminicient of Posts contained in Bantaba in Cyberspace postings, for instance
[quote] "The country cannot be developed through heavy reliance on foreign aid and the perceived riches in the west, characterised by youths embarking on perilous sea journeys to the west despite the numerous opportunities at their disposal at home." and Oh yes........ "the most important thing Gambians should be willing to embrace is the need to have attitudinal change in all aspects of our lives " End quote.
http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/editorial
Tuesday, 05 January 2010
Editorial
The primary responsibility of any government is to administer the public good for general welfare. This implies that those who occupy public offices are trustees whose task is to be in the service of the people. In this respect, we wish to re-echo the call by the head of state, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh during his New Year address to the nation, as he calls on public officials to be honest in their services to the nation. Such a meaningful call from the president is significant; thus noteworthy by public servants. The human virtues of honesty, truthfulness, love and hard work constitute key elements of attaining sustainable development.
For The Gambia, like any other country to achieve its lofty goals of sustainable development, our citizens cannot afford to lack some of the basic human virtues considered imperative for our development, as indicated in the 2020 and other numerous development blue prints like the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, Millenium Development Goals among others, initiated and being implemented by the dynamic and visionary leadership of President Jammeh.
To move The Gambia forward as a country we need to live, work and respect values that defined us as a people; values that maintain our integrity as a nation and those that foster our independence and self-reliance. In so doing, we must look-forward for the solutions to the challenges facing us. The country cannot be developed through heavy reliance on foreign aid and the perceived riches in the west, characterised by youths embarking on perilous sea journeys to the west despite the numerous opportunities at their disposal at home. It would be extremely difficult to achieve the much-needed sustainable development when our youthful population are both intellectually and skilfully robbed of.
A lot has been done over the years from 1994 to date and a lot more need to be completed amidst the endless challenges along the way. As we enter into the new year #150; 2010, the most important thing Gambians should be willing to embrace is the need to have attitudinal change in all aspects of our lives especially so for public workers. The Gambian leader has rightly got it in his New Year message, when he emphasised his clarion call for the need to have attitudinal change with reference to the new civil service reform underway.
Corrupt and dishonest civil servants pose a real threat to the development of any given society; such was the rational behind the introduction and implementation of the operation against all forms of corruption in the country, championed by the president himself. This has indeed registered success as indicated in the unprecedented economic growth of the country over the years, inspite of the global economic meltdown. It is high time people in custody of public affairs be aware of their roles and responsibilities as public trustees. We need honest, committed and hard working civil servants working for the interest of all instead of self-serving individuals.
Author: Daily Observer
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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kayjatta
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Posted - 07 Jan 2010 : 07:55:45
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My position is that (and I am not an economist) it is not going to help much. It is not a good idea to increase wages by 20% in a time of inflation and skyrocketing prices of goods and services. What the 20% salary increase is likely to do is to increase demand for the existing goods and services. That excess demand as a result will further hike prices (demand-led inflation).
Another area of concern is that whether private employers will be required or able to also increase the wages of their employees by 20%. If they also increase wages by 20%, then their excess cost on labor will have to be offset by a further price increase of the goods and services they produce and sell (cost-led inflation). If they don't follow suit with government wage increase, then their employees (which represents a large section of the population) will be left behind in the new economy and will sink deeper into poverty and deprivation. Simply the inequality gap could widen.
I think the Gambia government should have focused more on managing the supply of goods and services instead of creating a demand spiral. The overall effect is going to be such that no one is really going to do well in the 'new economy' except the usual super-rich and those who regularaly receive remittances from the the United States and Western Europe...
So Toubab, you and I are gonna pay for all this... |
Edited by - kayjatta on 07 Jan 2010 08:20:15 |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 07 Jan 2010 : 10:14:49
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Thanks Kay,such specific increases will have all the effects that you say, I think the thinking behind the "scheme" is that if you pay people a reasonable wage then they will be able to easily afford necessary items, so will not be tempted to obtain money another way,we come back to that phrase "attitudinal change" but like all politicians thir answer is throw money at a problem and it will go away,but it wont.
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