Don't be tin gods

President Kufuor, on Monday admonished District Chief Executives (DCEs) not to see themselves as all powerful and begin to treat the people with arrogance, reports The Ghanaian Times.

"Please, remember that you have not been appointed to become tin gods to lord it over the people. Let humility be your guideline at all times," he advised.

President Kufuor gave the advice at the Institution of Local Government Studies. Madina, near Accra at the opening of an orientation seminar for the 100 appointed DCEs. The five-day seminar is aimed at providing human resource capacity building to enhance, equip and strengthen the DCEs for proper governance.

To ensure probity and accountability, President Kufuor, has directed the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and his two deputies to monitor the performance of the DCEs on weekly basis. The President reminded the chief executives of the deprivations, penury, suffering, immense hardship, which he described as real and daunting. "Be fair and firm: help cut down and eliminate waste in the system, enforce law and order and promote peace," he charged.