Failure of government is failure of civil servants, Dr Dodoo

Ho (Volta Region), 2 Mar. ' 99 - Dr Robert Dodoo, head of the civil service has reminded civil servants that they cannot be detached from the achievements and failures of the government because the service is an indispensable machinery of government. He said this is the import of the performance agreements being signed between the government and civil servants at various levels of political authority. Dr Dodoo was speaking at the signing of performance agreements between the Volta regional minister on one hand, and the regional co-ordinating director, the 12 district co-ordinating directors and the district chief executives, in Ho yesterday. Mr Kwesi Aboagye, deputy Volta regional minister signed for the regional minister Alhaji Seidu Iddi, while Mr William Kemevor, the regional co-ordinating director signed for the regional co-ordinating council. Mr Dodoo said this year's agreements are the result of the evaluation of that of 1997. The 1999 agreements have outputs common to all regional co-ordinating councils specific to every regional co-ordinating council and district co-ordinating directorates. The 1999 agreements also provide for incentives and sanctions based on the performance of the respective civil service heads in achieving the targets set in their agreements. Dr Dodoo said each regional co-ordinating council would be expected to implement aspects of the president's sessional address, which relates to their regions including cabinet decisions. "Let me remind you that you have common goals and objectives with your political heads and above all a shared responsibility in improving the quality of lives of the people through well planned socio-economic development strategies'', he said.