Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister hosts DGs and PSs to push for civil service reforms ahead
His Excellency Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister Omar Hassan Osman today hosted a meeting with Director Generals and Permanent Secretaries of the ministries of the government of Somalia to expedite the civil service reforms and the public policy development initiatives of the Federal Government of Somalia, telling them “it’s important for the civil servants to remain separate from politics”
The meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs H.E. Abdalle Haji Ali, the Director Generals and Permanent Secretaries of the ministries, senior advisers for the prime minister and other government officials. It was organized by the office of the Prime Minister in conjunction with the ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
The main aim of this meeting was to have a collective vision and action towards the work of the government institutions by focusing on the technical level. The government is planning to commence a civil service reform in order to promote the skills of its civil servants. It was also discussed the public policy development process of the institutions of the federal government of Somalia.
Addressing the PSs and DGs the Permanent Secretary of the OPM Omar Hassan Osman, said:
“The work of the DGs and PSs of the ministries is the driving force of the government of Somalia. You stood up for making Somalia a better place to live and you have greatly contributed the institutional and state building efforts of this country.
“Somalia has been facing a political, economic and scurrility difficulties in more than two decades, but now there is a light at the end of tunnel as we are dedicating our time, energy and lives for this country, It’s my hope that we will achieve a better Somalia in the near future.
“Somalia is matching on the road of peace, democracy and development, but still we are facing critical challenges such as poor capacity of the civil servants and inadequate funds. The Most important thing that I want share with you is that we need the civil servants to remain separate from politics”