June 23, 2021
The Chief Minister Hon Jacob Jusu Saffa yesterday started a two weeks program intended to visit all Ministries of government to share with them the mandate of his office.
In the initial contacts, the Chief Minister informed his audience that his office falls directly under the Office of the President and should not be seen as an independent entity. The Chief Minister leads on the Delivery Enhancing Arm of the Presidency as the technical wing.
On Tuesday June 22 the Chief Minister visited the Ministries of Local Government, Rural Development and the Ministry of Transport and Aviation.
Speaking to the leadership and membership of the two Ministries, the Chief Minister noted that his desire to visit all MDAs is not only to share with them his mandate as Chief Minister but also to request for individual Ministry’s Annual Work Programs (AWPs), Strategic Plans, and Sector Policy and challenges affecting service delivery of their Ministries.
The Chief Minister noted that his office does not intend to just supervise Ministries but rather facilitate and enhance the delivery of services as stated in the Ministry’s Annual Work Plan and Strategic Plans.
The approach is no longer a centralized scoring system but rather one that is self-assessed based. Ministers and their Ministries will now be scored based on their submitted AWPs, and the Chief Minister’s Delivery Team will facilitate and enhance the delivery of those specific work programs, the Chief Minister disclosed.
The Chief Minister gave June ending as deadline for the submission of all AWPs and Strategic Plans to enable the Chief Minister’s Delivery Enhancing Arm to integrate their work programs into a monitoring portal.