H.H Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Interior and Deputy Prime Minister, stated that the UAE people is already distinguished by virtue of its leadership, which supports everything that would promote the self-esteem of the nation and the superiority of its sons. He added that the real distinction is that we are Emiratis, who belong to this nation.
This speech was made by His Highness during a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Interior, this afternoon, at the Police Officers Club, to honor the MoI teams who participated in the Emirates Government Excellence Award, and won the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award in its second session.
His Highness described the success achieved by the ministry by earning the lion's share of these awards, as being the fruit of joint work and abiding faith in the greatness of the national message entrusted to the citizens of the Nation, who are employees at the Ministry of the Interior. His Highness called on the various involved staff to pursue hard work on the path of excellence, and to spread the culture of excellence as a necessary principle.
His Highnesses commended the support of the Supreme Council Members, rulers of the UAE, and the efforts exerted by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, as well as H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, aimed to achieve excellence in various sectors of government and public institutions.
The ceremony was attended by Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Shafar, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior; Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Dubai Police; Major General Nasser Lakhraibani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, General Supervisor of the participating teams in the Sheikh Khalifa program for Government Excellence at MoI; Staff Major Obaid Al Haira al Kitbi, Deputy Commander of Abu Dhabi Police; Major General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaili, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior for resources and Support Services and Major General Sheikh Talib bin Saqr Al Qassimi, Director-General of Ras Al Khaimah police.
The ceremony was also attended by Assistant deputies at the Ministry of the Interior; police and security chiefs at the state level; as well as Directors-General and senior officers of the Ministry of Interior and police commanders.
The ceremony began with the national anthem, followed by recitation of verses from the Quran. Major General Dr. Abdul-Quddus Abdul Razak Obaidli, Director of the General Administration of Quality Performance at Dubai Police, team leader for Sheikh Khalifa program for Government Excellence at MoI gave a speech expressing his sincere thanks to H.H Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, for his continuous support for the excellence teams at the Ministry of Interior. He stressed that this achievement would not have been possible, was it not for His Highness’s support, directives and personal involvement, as well as his sponsoring of the work teams assigned with the tasks of the Ministry's participation in the program.
Major General Obaidli added that this achievement reflects the Ministry of Interior’s solicitude to continuous development and updating, by adopting several mega-projects that brought various qualitative developments on all levels. He noted that the Ministry carried out a number of projects that established the concept of quality and excellence, beginning with the Comprehensive Development Project and the development of processes, services and human resources; updating systems and devices; adopting technical solut