MENDI, Southern Highlands – Southern Highlands Provincial Administrator, Mr. David Kelma, has called on District CEOs to formally request their respective Members of Parliament (MPs) to fully equip district headquarters with essential furniture, computers, and office equipment to support effective public service delivery.
Speaking during a recent visit to Kagua-Erave District, Mr. Kelma emphasized that public servants need proper tools and working conditions to carry out their duties efficiently.
“To sit comfortably and work in the district headquarters office, we must equip the office with furniture. Talk to your MPs. If you don’t want to acknowledge my request, then I can send my resignation. How will I work with the public servants when there are no chairs, furniture, and computers?” he said.
“Don’t allow the MPs to use district operational grants. Ask them for additional funding to equip your office. That’s the only request I will give to my CEOs,” he added.> “Don’t allow MPs to use operational grants for office needs. Ask them to support separately. If the office is equipped, even if we are away attending meetings in Moresby, public servants can still do their work.”
He said the same applies to all other districts in the province including Mendi-Munihu, Nipa-Kutubu, Imbonggu, and Ialibu-Pangia.
“We are the ones implementing government policies. Politicians give direction, but it’s the administrators who must deliver. Offices must be in order,” Mr. Kelma emphasized.
He concluded by saying that SHP’s long-term development depends on a well-supported and functioning public service system in all districts.
This is a welcoming and brilliant call from the SHP a/Provincial Administrator to the District Administrators/CEOs of DDAs.
District Administrators have an obligation to provide advise and manage the operations of the Districts in ensuring implementation of government policies. That responsibility has been too long missing, simply because of negligence or to my knowledge the appointments are not on merits. Also, their absentism in office is frequent with no delegation of duties to subordinates to continue Administrative duties.
The call for CEOs to provide working tools and logistics is paramount for officers to sit back in the respective workstations to perform effectively. DDAs and CEOs take the call from Mr Kelma forthwith for the improvement of public servants performance and improvement in services delivery.
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