MPs’ secretaries have role: Ojha

January 3, 2000
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Kathmandu, Jan 3:Minister for General Administration Siddha Raj Ojha inaugurated a five-day training for the personal secretaries of the members of Parliament here today.Ojha said that the training had special importance since it would enable the participants to be familiar with the routine works of the ministries and at the same time develop the skills to respond effectively to the problems of the people from the constituencies of the concerning parliamentarians.He said that the training should not be confined to a mere formality but should be used by the trainees to utilise it in the line of making their role more effective.The training is being held under the joint aegis of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and the Nepal Administrative Staff College.The training, which is being organised in three phases will train 34 personal secretaries of the member of Parliamentarians in each phase.Secretary of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Shree Krishna Gautam said that the training package had been devised in such a manner so as to make the role of the trainees more effective in their day to day work.Executive Director of the Nepal Administrative Staff College, Shambhu Sharan Prasad Kayastha said that the objective of the training was to make the tenure of the Parliamentarians successful through the dissemination of training for their personal secretaries.He said that the parliamentarians had not been availed with a fully equipped secretariat owing to the constraint of resources faced by the nation.In the backdrop of this reality, it is essential to train the personal secretaries of the parliamentarians so that they can handle the secretarial works in an effective manner, he said.Under Secretary of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Umakanta Parajuli said that the names of 102 personal secretaries had been provided by the Parliament Secretariat for the training.