Dimapur, May 5 (MExN): The Naga Students’ Federation strongly demands that action be initiated against irresponsible government officers who “enjoy like kings/queens at the expense of public.”
A letter addressed to the Chief Secretary by the NSF through its president V Phushika Aomi, expressed resentment, that officers in the state play truant in almost all the outposts/district headquarters. The government has been urged time and again to discipline the erring officers, the NSF reminded.
“Those officers enjoying salaries without serving (the) public a single day of a month should be terminated immediately. Each officer should be made to understand that vehicles along with driver, personal peon, quarter, telephone facilities and even servants, TA/DA above salaries, provided to them is for devoting their tie towards public service and not enjoy like kings/queens at the expense of public” the letter reproached.
The Federation also took note that vehicles attached to the officers are being misused for private purposes by the officers themselves. “School duties, church service attending, farm duty and picnicking by their children” the NSF listed. The vehicles meet with mishaps “while officers’ children were driving but the Government coolly pays them for repairing it, instead of taking action for misusing it” the Federation lamented.
Making these points to the Chief Secretary, the Federation has demanded ‘redeployment’ of the officers to their respective postings immediately. It also demanded that unless the officials are on specific duties, their vehicles should be “withdrawn” from the negligent officers. On this, the Federation also reminded the government that there are thousands of unemployed educated youths who are willing enough to serve the people “without looking for luxury facilities.”
“The government’s lukewarm attitude towards their officials is (the) main factor of encouraging truancy and spoiling the system thereby failing public needs” the NSF stated and strongly warned that officers’ vehicles would be seized if found being misused. And consequences should not be blamed on the students or public, it added.
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