TFS deploys 328 new staff across country to boost conservation

DODOMA: The Tanzania Forest Services Agency (TFS) is set to deploy 328 newly recruited staff, including conservationists, to various posts across the country to strengthen the sustainable management and conservation of Tanzania’s forest and bee resources.

TFS Conservation Commissioner Prof Dos Santos Silayo made the remarks in Dodoma during an orientation session for the new officers, urging them to shun corruption, uphold professionalism and embrace innovation for their personal career development and the advancement of the agency.

“Do not misuse the trust you have been given. Go and serve the people. Respect and cooperate with one another and avoid greed because it can lead you into corrupt practices,” Prof Silayo said.

Elaborating, the commissioner said innovation would help increase the country’s revenue, urging the new employees to make proper use of the resources entrusted to them for the development of the conservation sector.

Prof Silayo also urged the officers to be patriotic, work hard and uphold dignity.

According to him, the forestry and bee sector is important for food security and conservation, which is why TFS ensures that its employees are adequately trained to protect such resources.

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He urged the new employees to avoid excessive use of social media and alcohol abuse, saying both could jeopardise their jobs and lead to errors resulting from negligence.

He explained that the new employees came from different disciplines, including medicine, engineering, forestry and apiculture.

The TFS commissioner thanked President Samia Suluhu Hassan for granting approval for the recruitment of the new staff, saying the agency expects to recruit more employees in the near future to strengthen the sector, which is vital to the country’s economy and conservation efforts.

Speaking about the orientation session, Deputy Conservation Commissioner Emmanuel Kiboko said the event was deliberately organised to give the new officers an opportunity to familiarise themselves with the agency’s management and receive instructions, as well as understand how to oversee their implementation.

Kiboko urged the new employees to be ready to work wherever they would be posted within the country, advising them to serve citizens with love and integrity.

Speaking during the training, Conservation Officer Grade III Omega Shamakala said the new employees had been brought together after completing their training to undergo an induction course aimed at helping them understand the institution better as new staff members.

“Therefore, we thank God for bringing us here. Our contribution to the conservation sector, as conservation officers, is to ensure that we continue protecting forest and bee resources, which are among our key responsibilities.

Shamakala added that, in her capacity as a public relations officer, she would ensure that the agency strengthened cooperation and unity with citizens and other stakeholders, noting that the institution alone could not achieve its goals without such cooperation.

Judith Pius, another newly recruited TFS staff member, said she would work diligently to ensure that forest and bee resources were properly conserved and protected for present and future generations.