Acting Director in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Gordon Major, addresses employees at an orientation exercise for the Government’s temporary job program on February 3. (BIS photo/Letisha Henderson)
Nassau, Bahamas -
Gordon Major, Acting Director in the Ministry of Public Works and Transport,
admonished persons employed in the Government’s Temporary Job Program to be
agents of change.
“You will be our
public face in the next six months,” said Mr Major. “Make sure that each
encounter you have is positive no matter how much you may be provoked to do
otherwise. I know it is not always easy but exert your best effort.”
Mr Major made these
remarks as he welcomed some 150 people employed in the Ministry’s program to an
orientation program on February 3. Also in attendance were Minister of Public
Works and Transport the Hon Neko C Grant, Nicole Campbell, Undersecretary;
Bruce Walker, Deputy Permanent Secretary and Ursula Chisholm, Human Resources
Manager.
The Government’s
six-months program is designed to create 2,500 temporary jobs throughout The
Bahamas. Employees will be assigned to one of four projects under the Ministry
of Public Works and Transport.
The projects include
street naming, house numbering, repairs to cemeteries and maintenance of
Government buildings.
Mr Major told the
employees that they would be aware of the negative image that has been
portrayed of civil servants not only in a popular song, but also in the
experience of some of the customers they serve.
“It is unfortunate
that the negative is most often highlighted and the positive that happens every
day is ignored,” Mr Major said.
He urged the
employees to give their “best effort” to the projects that they have been
assigned to.
