Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh, MCE for Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, commended the staff of the Assembly for their efforts in the previous year and urged them to up their game this year for the assembly to achieve more successes in the year.
Addressing the staff of the Municipality at the first staff durbar of the calendar year, which was held on Friday, January 20, 2023 Hon. Simon Kweku Tetteh stated that for the Assembly to continue to maintain it secondary city status, which comes with a lot of projects and other benefits, the entire management and staff of the Assembly must give their line of duty.
He further said that qualifying for the next Secondary City Support Program is a must since it will provide the Assembly with some resources to tackle some of the infrastructure gaps in the Municipality.
Among other issues, Hon Simon Kweku Tetteh entreated the Staff gathered to give due respect to structures of authority in the system since that id the best way to foster peaceful coexistence and the working family at the assembly and achieve more development in the best interest of the community they serve.
Mr. Selom Kwame Tibu, Coordinating Director of the Assembly to respect the rules and regulations set for public and civil servants like the since some actions of the staff can cause problem for themselves and management as well.
He further appealed to the staff to strictly follow the chain of command in handling their grievances in the best interest of maintaining a peaceful working relationship among staff, and he concluded by assuring the staff that his office is open to all staff at all times for any administrative discussions and other purposes.
A team from the eastern Regional CLOGSAG Office, led by Mr. Foster Akpoka, Regional CLOGSAG Secretary and also engage the staff on the need to be responsible staff at their various duty posts since not all situations of staff indiscipline of misconduct are ones that the Worker Union can defend. He also continued to comprehensively take the gathered staff through the structures and operations of CLOGSAG as he advised them to constantly check on their contribution since it would be of great help to them in times of urgent need.
Mr. Foster Akpoka concluded by advising the staff of lower Manya Krobo Municipality to be very mindful of the retirement that is ahead of them and to be saving for a reliable and peaceful retirement.