Wa, Aug. 6, GNA - The on-going exercise to post out civil servants who had stayed in their present stations for over six years is aimed at exposing such officers to new experiences so as to widen their horizon for challenges ahead.

Officers affected under the exercise should therefore, disabuse their minds of the notion that it was aimed at some particular officers or meant as punishment, but rather prepare themselves psychologically to assume duty at their new stations with renewed spirit to serve Ghana to the best of their ability.

Mr. Daniel Nyankamawu, Upper West Regional Co-ordinating Director said these when he addressed a meeting of heads of decentralised departments on Wednesday on the exercise and other related matters. The meeting was also to enable him to find out how far they had complied with the directive from the Regional Co-ordinating Council to furnish it with the names of officers in their respective departments affected under the exercise for it to issue out their transfer letters. From the discussions that followed it came out that some officers in the region had stayed at their present stations for between 15 and 27 years.

The transfer exercise was initiated by Dr. Glover Quartey, when he was appointed the new head of the Civil Service. So far, 49 directors and 29 deputy directors in Accra have been transferred under the exercise.