{"id":48029,"date":"2023-11-27T17:20:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T17:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=48029"},"modified":"2023-11-27T15:58:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T15:58:20","slug":"civil-servants-unwilling-to-deliver-are-like-pests-must-be-spread-with-pesticides-barrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/civil-servants-unwilling-to-deliver-are-like-pests-must-be-spread-with-pesticides-barrow","title":{"rendered":"Civil Servants Unwilling to Deliver Are\u00a0Like\u00a0Pests & Must Be Spread With Pesticides-Barrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>President Adama Barrow has said civil servants, who sidestep their roles and responsibilities, are like pests in a groundnut sack, adding that deployment of pesticides is the most ideal way to deal with a pest in a groundnut bag.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you go to a public office and ask someone about his\/her political affiliation and the individual replies that he\/she does not belong to any party, write the name down because he\/she is an opposition. We know them and we are trailing them one by one,\u201d President Barrow said in a meeting at Basse Mansajang Kunda on day four of his Meet-The-People Tour. He went on: \u201cThe public service minister has started lashing them one by one. They are just like pests in a groundnut sack and the best way to deal with a pest in a groundnut sack is to spread it with pesticides. The public service minister is doing a great job in that direction and we will support you [public service minister].\u201d<\/p>\n

The Gambian leader stressed that civil servants should be alive to the fact that they are working for the people and must, therefore, serve.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are not working for President Barrow but you are serving the people. If you go to work at 10 o\u2019clock…. You are not busier than me. I go to the office at 8:15 am and I usually take my breakfast at 7 o\u2019clock. How can you report to work at 10 am? They [those shirking their responsibilities] are just a handful. This is why when some of them retire, they\u2019ll start begging for fish money the next day because they don\u2019t have a blessing. As Dou Sannoonce said, I have a brakeless bus and if you stand in its way, you will get run over,\u201d Barrow underlined.<\/p>\n

Speaking earlier, the Minister of Public Service, BaboucarrBouy, said there is a lot of deception in the government.<\/p>\n

He warned that any civil servant, who does not want to follow the service rules, will be caught up by the same rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people have lost their jobs because they were not doing their work properly. We have taken steps against civil servants, who were not working properly. I don\u2019t want to talk about it until the public starts to feel it,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Minister Bouy pointed out that the government employs people to lubricate its engine.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery government employee has a role to play. Offices are established for the delivery of public services. We [civil servants] should know we have a responsibility and must be willing to serve,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

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