Election will certainly be held by Dec next year: Moeen

FE Team | Published: August 17, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Aug 16 (UNB): Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed Thursday asserted the election would be held by December next year and urged the people not to sell out their vote anymore.
"Vote has to be given to such persons who will take care of you through five years. Don't sell your vote and don't allow others to do that," he said addressing a meeting with civil administration, local elite and journalists at Rangpur Circuit House.
Moeen, whose force is acting in aid of the caretaker government to create a clean ground for fair polls, said work on voter list is going on. And national identity (ID) card, being prepared simultaneously in collaboration with the army, could be used for various useful purposes.
The Army Chief sought cooperation from all in making a fair and flawless voter list-the most important task of all for holding the elections that were stalled last January amid a grave political crisis over the issues of general election, including voter list.
About floods, he said this is not the time of doing business rather time to stand beside the distressed people.
"We all have the responsibilities to stand beside the flood-affected people. Otherwise, history will not forgive anyone."
Meanwhile another report adds from Gaibandha, Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed has emphasised the need for turning the unemployed human resources in the 'monga', flood and erosion affected areas of the northern districts into productive and skilled manpower through training.
Mere providing relief goods to the affected people during monga, flood and river erosion was not a permanent solution to the problem, he said while inaugurating a training programme on 'sweater knitting and linking machine operating' at the Youth Development Training Centre here today (Thursday).
General Moeen called for eradicating 'monga' forever from the region by training people through sustainable and effective planning.
"There is no scope left for us now to look backwards, we've to go ahead towards development," he said.
He also stressed the need for utilising the trained workers in the industrial sectors, including garments.
"Thus we can earn foreign currency at the same time eradicate poverty and usher economic progress," he said.
General Moeen said the BGMEA would train at least one person from each family in this area and arrange employment for them.
He called upon local youths to avail of this opportunity.
Deputy Commissioner Kazi Mohammad Anwarul Hakim, Director General of Youth Development Department Mohammad Ismail Hossain and BGMEA president Anwarul Alam Chowdhury (Parvez) also spoke on the occasion.
Bangladesh army with the assistance of Youth Development Department and BGMEA are imparting training to 88 male and female unemployed youths on sweater knitting and linking machine operating.
An initiative was also taken to set up a permanent training centre in the district.
Earlier, General Moeen visited the flood-affected Godarhat and east Komronoi areas in Sadar Upazila and distributed cash, rice, pulses, salt, sarees and lungis among the 450 destitute families as well as aman saplings, seeds and fertiliser among the farmers.