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Government employees should work with patriotism: Shahab


Published : 12 Jan 2023 09:15 PM

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin said that in order to build a smart Bangladesh announced by the Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the government employees must work with patriotism to implement all the modern policies adopted by the government.  He said that the implementation of the government plan like model APA will facilitate the implementation and monitoring activities of various promises and development plans of the government.  It will be easier to measure the development activities of the government as the coordination of work with the policies of the government is ensured.  The actual status of achieving the targets of the five-year plan, SDGs, future plans will be known regularly.

 The Environment Minister said these things while addressing as the chief guest at the workshop organized by the Cabinet Division and the Institute of Public Finance on the occasion of finalizing the Model Annual Performance Agreement (APA) prepared by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change at the Auditorium of the Department of Environment on Thursday.

Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Farhina Ahmed chaired in the workshop. Additional Secretary (Administration) Iqbal Abdullah Harun, Additional Secretary (Development) Mizanul Hoque Chowdhury, Additional Secretary (Climate Change) Moniruzzaman, Additional Secretary (Environment) Sanjay Kumar Bhowmik,  Director General of Institute of Public Finance Tahmina Begum, Chairman of Bangladesh Forest Industry  Development Corporation Shahidul Islam, Director General of Department of Environment Dr Abdul Hamid and Chief Conservator of Forests of Department of Forests Amir Hossain Chowdhury dellivered speeches among others.

 The Minister of Environment said that Cabinet Division has initialy selected the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Finance Division, Local Government Division and Secondary & Higher Education Division for the implementation of Model APA in order to ensure dynamism, accountability and transparency in the work of government departments in building a developed and prosperous Bangladesh. The implementation of the time-befitting model APA prepared by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change will be helpful in improving the quality of the country's environment and forest resources.