{"id":291240,"date":"2020-05-13T07:07:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T05:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=291240"},"modified":"2020-05-13T07:07:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T05:07:04","slug":"excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=291240","title":{"rendered":"Excellent service expected from senior officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>RACISM and tribalism are the same thing and senior officials in the Namibian Presidency have been cautioned that none of it has a place in governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Hage Geingob, during a meeting with Vice President, Nangolo Mbumba, Gender Equality and Child Welfare Minister Doreen Sioka, Deputy Ministers, Advisors and Executive Directors in the Presidency, reminded the attendees that the ethos of the Presidency should be courtesy, transparency, effectiveness and a commitment to excellence in the provision of services to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Geingob reminded senior officials attending the meeting that they need to be exemplary servants of the Namibian people, adding that there are clear standards of service that individuals and the public should reasonably expect from the Presidency and government at large.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg\" alt=\"Racism tribalism Namibian Presidency governance senior officials\" class=\"wp-image-291231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 274w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 80w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 130w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 359w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 85w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 546w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 165w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 112w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 179w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 170w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 81w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 765w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 450w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Excellent-service-expected-from-senior-officials.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Picture courtesy of the Namibian Presidency<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cServices must be provided without discrimination, favouritism, tribalism or racism. Racism and tribalism are the same thing and have no place in governance,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Geingob also reminded senior officials that they are expected to do more with less, be prudent and save taxpayers\u2019 resources at all times.<br \/>The President concluded the meeting by saying that senior officials are expected to provide leadership, teamwork, harmonious working relations and must be disciplined at all times.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all need one another to make Namibia a better place for all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":291231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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