Ghani tells top LG officials to be punctual, regular at work

Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani has asked the top officials of the LG department, and its subsidiary municipal and civic agencies to be punctual and regular in attending to their duties.

Ghani issued these directives during an introductory meeting that he held with LG department officials on Tuesday after assuming the charge of his ministerial position. He asked the officials concerned to ensure that people get maximum facilitation at all the offices of civic and municipal agencies in the province that are involved in public dealing.

“It is unfortunate that at present people don’t have a good impression of the Sindh government, so we are obligated to transform this into a positive image.” He said that senior officials belonging to the subsidiary agencies of the LG department have attended the introductory meeting, but from next day separate sessions would be held to get briefings from each of the civic bodies in the province.

He also said that top officials of the LG department should observe punctuality and regularity in attending their offices so their subsidiary staff develops the same habit in performing their duties.

He further said that all the subsidiary agencies of the LG department should adopt the biometric attendance system for their staffers within a month under a centralised monitoring mechanism.

The minister said that all the LG councils should compile their monthly progress reports, and a copy of those should also be submitted to his office. He directed LG department officials to send letters to the municipal bodies for details about their properties so they can maintain a computerised database of those.

He asked the LG secretary to immediately get human resources to fill the vacancies at the municipal agencies so that the newly posted personnel immediately start discharging their duties.

Additional Chief Secretary (LG Department) Syed Khalid Hyder Shah, Competitive & Liveable City of Karachi Project Director Asif Jan Siddiqui, Sindh Solid Waste Management Board Managing Director Imtiaz Shah, and director generals of different development authorities gave briefings about the workings of their respective institutions.