A two-day 'Innovation Fair-2023' on Sunday at Rajshahi College auditorium to make public service popular among people.
Ministry of Public Administration and Commissioner Office of Rajshahi division jointly organised the divisional level event in order to attain the cherished goal through showcasing the present field level best innovative
initiatives.
District and upazila level offices and institutions from all eight districts in the division set up 25 stalls showcasing various information and documents related to public service delivery and necessary process of getting those easily after the best uses of information and communication technologies.
Divisional Commissioner GSM Jafarullah addressed the opening ceremony as chief guest, while Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration Amena Begum spoke as special guest with Additional Commissioner Dr Moksed Ali in the chair. Additional Commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Faruque Hossain, Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police Rashidul Hassan and Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Shamim Ahmed also spoke on the occasion.
In his welcome speech, Principal of Rajshahi College Professor Abdul Khaleque discussed objectives of the innovation showcasing successes already achieved in implementation of a2i Programme to attain sustainable development goals for further speeding up national development.
Commissioner GSM Jafarullah said the present government under the dynamic and farsighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly for simplifying all the service delivery activities for welfare of the public in general.
He told the meeting that a target has been set to build Smart Bangladesh on the basis of four pillars- Smart Citizen, Smart Government, Smart Society and Smart Economy- by 2041.
The government is now setting up 28 IT parks in the country including one in Rajshahi which will create jobs for three lakh youths in phases.
Commissioner Zafarullah said digitization is progressing encouragingly to achieve the esteemed successes of building a digital Bangladesh where people are getting all public services easily at their doorsteps.
He urged the field level administrative officials to work with innovative ideas to build a developed country by 2041.
Mr Zafarullah urged the upazila and district level service delivery officials and employees to deliver public services through the best uses of ICT and innovative ideas
