Officials and employees of different ministries and divisions of administration are confused and uncertain about what to do as portfolios of ministers of the polls-time government are yet to be distributed.
All of the officials and employees concerned are waiting for the final decision of the government.
Most of the officials are not working. They are attending their offices in time but doing nothing.
According to the security officials of the secretariat, a few ministers are attending their offices even after their resignation letters were submitted to the prime minister as they are still unsure if their resignations will be accepted or not.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, Labour Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju and Information Minister Hasanul
Haq Inu attended their offices on Wednesday.
Matia Chowdhury, Nurul Islam Nahid and Hasanul Haq Inu briefed the media on the political crisis while Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju presided over a meeting with the garment factory owners and labour leaders.
Although Communications Minister Obaidul Quader did not attend the ministry office on Wednesday, he talked with the media at a press conference in the city organised to brief on his ministry’s official activities.
Local Government Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, Home Minister MK Alamgir, Jute and Textile Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui, Health Minister AFM Ruhul Haq, Land Minister Rezaul Karim Hira, Law Minister Shafiq Ahmed, State Minister for Home Shamsul Haq Tuku, State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam and State Minister for Local Government Jahangir Kabir Nanak and most of the important ministers did not go to the office.
Earlier, Food Minister Abdur Razzaque, Cultural Minister Abdul Kalam Azad, Social Welfare Minister AH Mostafa Shahid, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Bishwas and State Minister for Women Meher Afroz Chumki took farewells from the ministry officials.
Most of the officials and employees of different ministries like food, public works, health, home, land, law, local government, fisheries and livestock and social welfare ministry are passing lazy times.
The officials and employees said they were uncertain about their responsibility and what to do. They are waiting for further instruction.
They will start their work as usual after the ministers get their offices. They are ready to welcome the new ministers, they added.
A few numbers of visitors and lobbyists were found inside the secretariat on Wednesday.
