Logaris complain their works delayed at governor’s house

Monitoring Desk

PUL-I-ALAM: Some residents of central Logar province on Tuesday complained their works faced ‘inordinate delays’ at the governor’s house, but the authorities rejected their allegations.

Hassibullah, a resident of Pengram village of the Charkh district, told Pajhwok Afghan News his application reached the governor’s house for signature last Wednesday (Jan 9) and he had since been visiting the office.

“I have to come from the district and I don’t have a place for living in Pul-i-Alam. For the governor’s signature, you have to stay for days at a private hotel against rent.”

He said similar works would take less time at the governor’s house in terms of previous governor.

Currently, Mohammad Anwar Ishaqzai is the governor of Logar province.

Lal Agha, a resident of Abazak locality of the Mohammad Agha district, told Pajhwok that he was denied entry to the governor’s house despite attempts for several days submit his application.

He said, “I want to directly hand over my application to the governor because I don’t trust others, but it is too hard to visit the governor, who is not accessible to dozens others.”

According to him, all authorities rested with the governor who did not allow anyone else to sign people’s documents on his behalf.

A number of other residents expressed similar views and said the governor spent most of his time dealing with personal matters.

About the issue, deputy provincial council head Abdul Wali Wakil told Pajhwok that some people had complained in this regard to them.

But he defended the governor, saying nothing was wrong with the governor as he always attended office on time. He said it was difficult to sign each paper. He promised to share people’s mentioned issues with the governor soon.

Governor’s spokesman Shamshad Lawari told Pajhwok that mpeople’s applications were always answered on time.

He said they had created a center for receiving people’s application letters and rejected allegations in this regard.

He said the governor had directed all employees to finish people’s work without any hurdle and delay. (Pajhwok)