By Solister Mogha

Zomba, August 6, Mana: Director of Agriculture and Natural Resources for Zomba District Council, Linda Mphande has advised members of staff under her supervision to adapt and change in the course of implementation of their various activities.

Speaking on Monday during a quarterly review meeting for Programme for Rural Irrigation Development (PRIDE), Mphande said each review meeting is supposed to offer new approaches to issues while also setting as a benchmark.

Mphande, however, said she was concerned that despite several review meetings, members of staff were still conducting business as usual.

“I feel we need to change in the way we conduct our activities. Why should we continue to have review meetings that have no impact,” Mphande said.

She therefore, warned to take action on officers who will fail to adapt to changes and continue to carry out activities according to instruction.

“In the civil service, there are rules and regulations and actions that must be taken on an officer who is reluctant to change. As head of the department and controlling officer, I shall be implementing just as such,” she added.

Mckenkly Dupu, one of the senior officers in the department, concurred with Mphande that failure to adapt to change has been a major setback in the department, saying this has contributed to stagnation of some projects.

“You can imagine some officers taking the whole month to submit their activity reports. This has heavily affected implementation of some of our activities,” Dupu said.

Director of Public Works for Zomba District Council, Henry Mwamvani who was the guest at the event, appealed to staff to take the concerns with serious concern.

“We all work for the betterment of the district and the country at large. I, therefore, urge you to improve and take keen interest at the resolutions made from this meeting,” he said.