Cynthia wins Best Civil Servant Award, May 3, 2010. Pg. 19.

The Director of Administration at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Mrs Cynthia Asare-Bediako, has ben adjudged the best  civil servant for 2010.

Mrs Asare-Bediako who is the President of the Civil Servants Ladies Association, took home a new KIA Cerato LX saloon car with a five-yea warranty from Rana Motors.

She has worked as a civil servant for ore than 20 years.

Fifty-six other civil servants also received awards for their meritorious services.

Out of the 56, 30 were awarded at the regional level, while 26 received national recognition.

They took home various prizes, including furniture form Agorwu Funiture Work, plasma TV sets and home theatres , as well as laptops donated by IPMC.

In an address read on his behalf, the Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Mr E.T. Mensah, urged the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) to dialogue with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to resolve  any disagreement over the Single Spine Salary Policy (SSSP).

He said the SSSP was a process and not an event and so problems associated with it ould be resolved as the policy was being implemented.

Mr Mensah gave assurance of the government's support to imrprove  the work of all civil servants.

The acting Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG, Mr James E. Amissah, said the association would not be an impediment to the implementation of the SSSP.

He said the SSSP was dear to the hearts of CLOGSAG and urged the government to be conscious in the implementation of the policy.

Speaking on the theme, "The Civil Servant, the Minister, the Politician and the Public", Mr. K.B. Asante, a retired civil servant and diplomat, said civil servants should know that ministers and political appointees were the representatives of the people and so the ill of the people must prevail.

He explained that not only should civil servants know the manifestos of political parties thoroughly but they should also have thoughtful  plans for achieving the objectives of the ruling party.

The Chairman of the Civil Servants Council, Dr. Robert Dodoo, appreciated the input of the executives of CLOGSAG who initiated the awards and said they deserved recognition for being hardworking, committed activists and loyal to their calling as unionists.