Staff Reporter :
The people have been suffering to get National Identity Card (NID) for long. The previous Commission had taken initiatives to reduce the citizens’ sufferings. So, the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has asked the election officials to render proper service to the people.
He made the statement at a workshop about determining ways to resolve problems in obtaining national identity card (NID).
The workshop was organised by the National Identity Card Registration sub-division at the Electoral Training Institute in Agargaon on Tuesday.
In the workshop, the discussion was held on the issue of dual voters, dead voters and absent voters and as to how it will be solved.
C EC Kazi Habibul Awal has asked the election officials not to behave like masters with service seekers, rather they should consider themselves as servants of the people.
Kazi Habibul Awal said, “All of us have had a moral downfall. We resort to lobbying for everything. As soon as we get a government job, we start considering the public to be beneath us. But we should not act like masters. We have to accept ourselves as servants of the people.”
If the officials of the Election Commission do not perform their duties efficiently and honestly, then the entire Election Commission will have to take that responsibility, he added.
The CEC also mentioned that the reputation of the organisation is being tarnished for some people.
Emphasizing the need for a national identity card, the CEC said that there could be various reasons behind incorrect names in passports and voter IDs.
“However, in case of correction, it is not necessary that it will be done as soon as asked. We need to check everything. But in many ways people become victims of harassment,” said the CEC.
