By: Lamin B. Darboe
Information Officer, MoPS
President Adama Barrow has disclosed that his Government did not regret creating the Ministry of Public Service.
President Barrow who is presently conducting day 6 of the 2023 Meet The People Tour made this remark while addressing the populace at Basse Mansang Kunda in URR over the weekend.
The theme for this year’s Meet The People Tour is Working towards National Development is Everybody’s Responsibility.
President Barrow’s remarks were followed by the Minister of Public Service, Honourable Baboucarr Bouy’s response to a claim made by one Mawdo Susso from Tumana who revealed that some civil servants are sabotaging President Barrow’s government which he (Susso) urged Barrow to be mindful of those sycophants within his government.
“My government created the Ministry of Public Service to be responsible for civil servants. The Ministry will also ease the burden of work from me and my government will give support to the Ministry for the best interest of her citizens,” President Barrow promised.
According to The Gambian leader, the Public Service Ministry will bring sanity within civil service thus the main reason behind creating the said Ministry to be responsible for civil servants.
Responding to Mawdo Susso’s claim that there are sycophants within President Barrow’s government who are not ready to work genuinely for the country, Public Service Minister, Hon. Baboucarr Bouy explained that civil service has a Code of Conduct of which all Civil Servants are aware.
According to Minister Bouy, his ministry commenced introducing Clock And time signing Machines to all Ministries geared towards monitoring employees’ time at which they arrive or leave their workplace.
“If civil servants follow the proper channel of communication from local authorities’ level to the highest level, things will be easy for all of us including the president,” Hon Minister stated.
He continued, “Put aside eye service before the president and do what is expected from you. It is your work that should showcase your work to the public not through eye service before The Gambian leader.”
Minister Bouy informed that his ministry this year will introduce Performance Management System (PMS) into the civil service which he said will serve as the most advanced system, adding that PMS tracks the performance of employees in a manner that is consistent and measurable.