LATENESS TO WORK IS HABITUAL AMONG WORKERS IN KARAGA DISTRICT

LATENESS TO WORK IS HABITUAL AMONG WORKERS IN KARAGA DISTRICT

It has been emerged that workers of the Karaga District Assembly including the Coordinating Director always leave Karaga on Fridays and does not also report to work early on Mondays which residents are unpleased with saying it has a lot of negative effect in the development of the area.
The presiding Member for the Karaga District Assembly, Husein Haruna Vasco made this known to the Deputy Northern Regional Minister Sam Nasaamu Asabigi, who is also the acting District Chief Executive for the Karaga District Assembly at the second ordinary meetings of the Assembly.
Mr. Abdulai Sandow and other two DCE’s in the Northern Region were sacked by President due to pressure on him by some Party faithfuls in the constituency who expressed their displeasure to work with the disappointed DCE.
The presiding Member was of the view that absenteeism and for that matter lateness should be stop with immediate effect and appealed to the Acting DCE to help in that direction to address the recent canker that is emerging from the district.
The situation of reporting lateness to work and closing at work before time is a natural phenomenon with most public sector workers in the country.
When Fiila News visited some public sector institutions yesterday as early as 8 am yesterday most workers were not in post and as at 4pm when the News Team made a follow up it was almost like 6pm when worker have totally vacated their post to rest for the next day.
Fiila News therefore suggested that stakeholders involved in this situation should as a matter of agency nib it to salvage the country of losing precious time which could have been used for better work.
Mr. Husein however commended government for assisting farmers in the district to increase food production saying that has improve the living conditions of the people.
On behalf of the entire Assembly, Mr. Husein appealed government to consider rehabilitating the major roads of the area which are in a deplorable nature.
He said the rehabilitation will enable farmers in the area to transport their farm produce to the major market centers.
He also made a passionate appealed to NALAG to fast track the issue of providing all assembly members with motto bikes as their tenure of office will be ending soon.