General News of Saturday, 16 November 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comCivil servants warned to stay away from politicsFile photoChairman of the Local Government Service Council, Nana Rex Owusu Ansah, has warned civil servants to stay away from engaging in politics while they serve in the public’s interest. Do not let their politics enter your office because the Local Government Service Council will not defend you when caught," he said. “It is the right of everybody to vote and we cannot prevent that,” he stated at this year’s consultative meeting of the Local Government Service Council held at Sogakope in the Volta Region, he said. “We are just saying you cannot participate in politics openly, by declaring your support for a particular political party in public,” he added. His position of being against civil servants who politically align themselves to their superiors’ political ideologies, is similar to thoughts expressed by Member of Parliament, Sam George who shared on Friday his views about how partisan culture exists among employees of the public service.

Source: GhanaWeb November 16, 2019 21:45 UTC