Vice President, Hussain Mohammed Lateef has urged civil servants to treat those who come to seek government services with kindness and compassion.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of this year's Civil Service Conference, the Vice President said the role of the civil service is important in running the government. Civil servants help the government to fulfill its promises, he said.

The Vice President said that serving the people should be done very wisely and very patiently.

The Vice President urged the civil servants to do two things, noting that the vision of the President is to provide easy and modern services to the people.

The first thing he mentioned was a smile and a kind service.

“I wish all civil service employees to treat every domestic and foreigner who comes to seek services with kindness,” he said.

Secondly, he mentioned that priority should be given to providing technology-friendly services and expediting services. He asked them to make the services available online where possible.

The Vice President added that the government will give full cooperation to the CSC.