By Beatrice Bangula

Blantyre, October 14, Mana: District Commissioner (DC) for Blantyre, Alex Mdooko, has appealed to staff at Blantyre District Council to embrace team work and hard work in order to effectively serve the public in the district.

He was speaking Monday at Palm Valley in Blantyre during a five-day review meeting for district planning and implementation support team and departmental heads for the Council.

Mdooko said team work and hard work are key to achieving the country's development aspirations.

"All sectors should be able to ask themselves if they have delivered as we are reflecting what every sector has done. At the end of every month, ask yourself if you have done well or not.

"Let's dedicate ourselves to duty by making sure all projects are implemented on time. Projects should not take longer than expected; we should not deliberately delay them, let's work hard in unity to serve the people," he said.

BCC Director of Planning and Development, Melayi Mhone, said the meeting is important as it will help in assessing progress, identifying gaps and plan for areas requiring improvement.

"Every head of department is presenting what they have done, challenges faced and lessons learnt. By the end of this meeting, we will be able to know achievements and challenges by departments. Moving forward, we will be able to know what needs to be done," she said.

Blantyre Desk Officer for Transforming Agriculture Through Diversification and Entrepreneurship (TRADE), John Nyangu, said the meeting will assist in getting insights from members, developing a work plan and plan for the next implementation period.

The review meeting has been financially supported by TRADE.