Lilongwe District councillors Wednesday sealed the office of the Director of Public Works (DPW) restraining the office bearer, Mathews Lungu, from working at the council.<\/p>\n
The council\u2019s Chairperson, Samson Chaziya, confirmed in an interview and said the Human Resource Committee of the council agreed to do so.<\/p>\n
According to Chaziya, the committee observed that Lungu is refusing to move to Salima despite having been officially transferred in November 2016.<\/p>\n
He said some of the council\u2019s officers who were transferred in the same period have already reported to their respective duty stations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Director of Finance [of the council] was transferred to Nkhata Bay and he is there now, but for him [Lungu] he plays hide-and- seek. Whenever I am away that\u2019s when he comes for duties. He has been here for 16 years and this is what he has been doing all these years, refusing to go,\u201d he said<\/p>\n
However, Chaziya said despite being on transfer, Lungu has never provided a convincing reason to justify his stay at the council.<\/p>\n
Chaziya said Lungu has been at the council for so long and his stay has attracted a lot of audit queries from his office on several projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of audit queries on Local Development Fund (LDF) Constituency Development Funds, (CDF) among others. We suspect that he is hiding something that he doesn\u2019t want us to find out,\u201d he said<\/p>\n
Commenting on the matter, Lungu said he was not aware of the closure of his office and dismissed the Committee\u2019s allegation that he is refusing to report to his new duty station.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not yet at the office .I got the transfer before Christmas and I just reported yesterday in Salima,\u201d he said<\/p>\n
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Muhlabase Mughogho said the ministry is not aware of the development but suggested that the two parties should engage into contact and dialogue to resolve the matter amicably.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are not supposed to seal the offices but rather work towards making sure that they resolve whatever problem or issues they have. At [Ministry of] Local Government, we believe in contact and dialogue where both parties are given an opportunity to speak,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She further clarified that getting a posting instruction does not mean that one has to leave immediately as there are processes and procedures to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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