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Posted - 27 Oct 2014 : 20:06:26
Corruption and public office
Africa » Gambia
Monday, October 27, 2014
Editorial
Corruption and the lack of integrity cripple development. It ruins the cardinal values of public service. These values, which include, reliability, professionalism, merit and honesty, have often been watered down or rendered meaningless in places where corruption is widespread. To counter this waste, countries have to introduce anti-corruption legislation and accountability laws.
It is therefore a welcome development that our lawmakers are sensitive of its effects so that they can make laws that can counter it ‘s emergence in our society. Their initiative of organising a sensitization forum on corruption, administered by the African Parliamentarians’ Network Against Corruption shows that our lawmakers are cognizant of the fact that corruption is an enemy of progress and development and are determined to complement the efforts of the leadership of this country to deal with the menace in a more effective and efficient way. This explains why they brought in experts on the subject to clarify issues with them.
It is no secret that since taking the mantle of leadership, the need to enhance public trust and confidence among the citizenry has been a central focus of President Jammeh. He has realised that nation building relies on public support, on people’s willingness to give time to causes they care about as well as their tacit goodwill towards the nation as a whole.
As such, restoring people’s trust and confidence in those who occupy public office is vital to the health of our development process. This means that we can trust our public servants to make a difference, not only in delivering value but also adding value.
It is also important that our public trustees work with the president to combat the menace of corruption in the country. Those who occupy public office will be judged by society; they should therefore do their utmost best to abide by the principles, which they swore to.
"The challenge is how to raise these ethical competences in a manner suited to the needs of the country, how to provide measurable, tangible improvements to civil service effectiveness and to build an organisational culture where upright decisions are encouraged and rewarded. This competence requires the possession of knowledge, skills and attitudes, which must be learned by public service managers and senior public officials.
Author: Daily Observer "
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