Health Deputy Minister, Lwipa Puma, has called on government heads of departments to work inline with government and contribute to national development.
Dr Puma said that the government machinery at grass root and district levels was cardinal in national development.
Dr. Puma, who is also Lufwanyama area Member of Parliament, was speaking when he
addressed heads of Government Departments at Lufwanyama Council Chamber yesterday.
He also urged civil servants who were lacking in their duties and were not prepared
to work in line with the government of the day should resign and leave room for others who are prepared to deliver goods.
“Those who are out to frustrate government’s operations should resign or I will deal with them accordingly,” Dr. Puma said.
He said that he would not allow the situation where government resources were released and works were not seen.
He urged them to work as a team to acquire good results.
Puma only left UNZA “yesterday” & is now threatening to deal with poor civil servants whom his govt has failed miserably. If his govt could instill confidence in it’s workers & appreciate their efforts, rather than blame them, it would indeed see a change in attitudes towards work. However, what pertains is wastage at a gross scale of resources by cheap talking politicians who call themselves govt, unfortunately thrust into power by the unsuspecting public. This is an interesting case in point to see how quickly it takes one in zambia to catch the pathetic political bug. However, it is no surprise to note that he is also LPM’s relation, recruited to prop up the old elephant!!
Why is it that if a government employee has a different opinion to that of a mminister he is labelled and threatened? Is there no independent thinking in Government?