Staying away from corruption can make possible the impossible : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday July 19.asked the government officials to ensure accountability and work sincerely up to the grassroots level for the sake of the advancement of Bangladesh.
She said, “Any tough situation can be overcome or even impossible things can also be made possible, if we go forward showing sincerity towards work, having a sense of self-esteem, ensuring accountability, and staying away from corruption. Today our Bangladesh has proven it.”
While addressing the signing ceremony of Annual Performance Agreements (APAs) for the FY2023-24 at her office in Dhaka, she said this. The ministries and divisions signed the APAs with the Cabinet Division. Prime Minister received the APAs from the secretaries of the ministries and divisions.
The APA Award for FY2021-22 and Integrity Award for FY2022-23 were distributed among the government offices and officials for their excellent performance in APA implementation and rendering services at the event.
Pointing at the ministries and divisions, Sheikh Hasina asked them to ensure accountability by signing APAs with their subordinate offices. She said, “You, the ministries will sign the APA with your other offices so that communication and accountability is ensured in government offices up to the grassroots level. “We can turn Bangladesh into a developed-prosperous country by 2041, if we could work in this way.”
The prime minister asked the top government officials in implementing the government’s action plans, to prepare their predecessors as competent ones to build the country as a developed, prosperous, smart and golden Bangladesh by 2041.
She hoped that the government can take Bangladesh forward by overcoming both the natural and human-induced disasters. She said, “The human-induced disasters may come alongside natural calamities. We’ll be able to take the country forward by overcoming all sorts of disasters. I believe it.”
The Prime Minister asked all to boost food production and not to leave a single inch of land uncultivated so that Bangladesh, amid the current global situation won’t be required to depend on others in case of food shortages.
State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain spoke on the eevnt, while Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain delivered the welcome speech. Planning Division Secretary Satyajit Karmakar, he received the Integrity Award 2022-23, and Public Administration Secretary Mohammed Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury also spoke at the event.
The Public Administration Ministry has attained the first Award in the APA implementation for 2021-2022, while the Power Division and the Agricultural Ministry gained the second and third position respectively. The ministries and divisions that attained fourth to tenth position in the implementation of APA are finance division, ICT division, IMED, ministry of water resources, planning division, rural development and cooperatives division, energy and mineral resources division.
