Training courses for JKKK, JKDB to continue – Radin
KOTA KINABALU: The Rural Development Ministry will continue to conduct training programmes on management and administration of Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK) and the Urban Community and Development Committee (JKDB) to enable the officials of both committees to understand their roles and duties.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Panglima Radin Malleh said the JKKK and JKDB were the nucleus of all development activities at the village and urban level.
“They are the coordinator and intermediaries between the people and the Government,” Radin said.
He said continuous implementation of training and induction programes was vital for both rural urban areas because many of those holding positions in the JKKK and JKDB still did not have a clear understanding if the roles of the two committees and their duties and responsibilties as officials.
He said preferably, newly elected chairmen and secretaries of JKKK and JKDB training and induction courses to equip themselves with the knowledge of how to run their committees for their own benefit as well as for the whole community under their care.
At the same time, he said he hoped that the course would serve as a transformation of knowledge and brainstorming session to share their experiences on good governance of their villages and towns.
He said they needed to understand what they should be doing because all allocations for development would be channelled through JKKK and JKDB.
He said with such knowledge the JKKK and JKDB would be able to carry out development activities for the benefit of their people.
“It is also through JKKK and JKDB that government information and policies are channelled to the people and the government get feedback from the people via the two committees,” explained Radin during the closing if JKKK/JKDB Management and Administration Course for Kiulu Constituency in Tuaran at a hotel here on Thursday. A total of 80 JKKK/JKDB chairmen from Kiulu attended the three-day course.
However, Radin said in general the performance of JKKKs and JKDBs in the state had improved significiantly.
The JKKKs and JKDBs managed to successfully conveyed the needs and basic needs of the people such as building roads, water supply, electricity, schools, houses of worship and other basic facilities to the attention of the government, he said.
“As an important body in a village and town, the JKKK / JKDB should strengthen their administrative system.
“Hence, it will facilitate all parties to work on what has been planned at the village or town level as well as to identify new opportunities that can be explored,” he said.
He said the success of a community program and the well-being of the people is largely dependent on the cooperation and engagement of the people involved through the two committees.
Radin advised that the JKKK/JKDB chairmen should hold monthly meetings to discuss issues affecting their communities.
He added that the leadership of the JKKK/ JKDB must be more transparent in making fair decisions. “You must work as a team based on majority consesus,” he added.
Among those present at the ceremony were chairman of Sabah Tourism Board and Kiulu assemblyman Datuk Joniston Bangkuai and Permanent Secretary of Rural Development Ministry Abu Bakar Haji Latip.