Honesty, efficiency of grassroots officials crucial for service delivery: Bari

State Minister for Public Administration Md Abdul Bari on Saturday said honesty, transparency and efficiency of officials are crucial to implementing government services and development projects at the grassroots level and bringing dynamism to administration.

“Only honesty and work efficiency are being considered as the sole yardstick, without any compromise in posting and promotion of officials,” he said.

The state minister made the remarks while speaking as a special guest at a review meeting on solar power, dengue prevention and development programmes organised by the Local Government Division at the Multipurpose Hall of the Cooperative Bhaban in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Saturday, said a press release.

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He said the present government is following a 100% economical policy to protect state resources and ensure public welfare.

The field administration officials should perform their duties sincerely, considering their respective workplaces not merely as jobs but as their own areas, he said, adding that it is possible to improve the overall quality of life of common people by properly utilising local resources.

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan attended the meeting as the chief guest.

The meeting provided guidelines on coordination of solar power, dengue prevention and development programmes, verification and selection of beneficiaries for the government's priority projects, and resolution of various civic problems in municipalities.

The state minister advised that the responsibility for verifying accurate land information under the Farmer Card programme should be carried out through block coordinators of the local agriculture department and that upazila nirbahi officers should coordinate its implementation.

He also directed field administration officials to take initiatives for technology-based services, including putting civic services online, bringing municipal areas under CCTV surveillance to control crime and drugs, conducting cleanliness drives and taking initiatives to protect the environment.

He urged officials not to retreat from carrying out government work for fear of any propaganda or lawsuits, but to ensure legal and reasonable accountability.

The state minister said government offices must always keep their doors open so that common people can easily communicate their grievances and problems.

He observed that a safe and developed society could be built through joint efforts of officials and people under the visionary leadership of the elected democratic government.

Local Government Division Secretary Md Shahidul Hasan chaired the meeting.

Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Ghani, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister ABM Abdus Sattar, Public Administration Secretary Md Quamruzzaman Chowdhury, Rural Development and Cooperatives Division Secretary Rafiqul I Mohamed, Secondary and Higher Education Division Secretary Abdul Khaleq and Power Division Secretary Mirana Mahrook, among others, were present.

Chief executive officers of all city corporations, deputy directors (local government) of districts, upazila nirbahi officers and administrators of municipalities also attended the meeting.