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By Kebba Jeffang [caption id="attachment_42948" align="alignleft" width="660"] President Adama Barrow[/caption] The Gambian leader has urged his senior government officials to step up and avoid dysfunctional public sector in order to create a better Gambia as he launches diaspora directorate in Banjul on Saturday. “We must be vigilant against the problem of a dysfunctional public sector. As President of the Republic, I urge all ministries and all citizens to embrace nation building, with dignity for the Gambian people. Those of us elected or appointed to public office are obliged to safeguard the human, civil and development rights of citizens, and to provide quality services to the citizens. This is an obligation in our political, social and legal contracts. My administration believes that fundamental and enlightened change is needed in the public sector,” he said. He assured that the coalition government will continue to pursue the public sector reform programme for comprehensive change to entrench public interest in the services. According to Barrow, The Gambia needs a modern, professional, credible and well-motivated civil and public service who would live up to their oath to serve without fear, favour or ill will. “Our reforms will attract and retain the best skilled and most experienced. Competence and performance will be rewarded, whilst support and incentives will be provided to stimulate professional development. Incompetence, unfairness and indifference have no place in the public sector of the New Gambia,” he said. He also warned against the problem of corrupt practices saying, his administration declares intolerance to all forms of corrupt and fraudulent practices such as misappropriation of funds, bribery and corruption in public office are illegal, disgraceful as well as breed mis-trust, and negative acts.