Team Leaders Ko Young-ui and Oh Jeong-mi of Muan-gun Selected as 'Model Public Officials' and Awarded Prime Minister's Commendation

Team leaders Oh Jeong-mi and Go Young-ui, who were selected as exemplary public officials of Muan County and received the Prime Minister's Commendation (from left)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Oh Hwan-joo] Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 4th that Go Young-ui, head of the accounting team, and Oh Jeong-mi, head of the integrated investigation team, were selected as exemplary public officials and received the Prime Minister's Commendation at the year-end ceremony on December 31 last year.

Team leader Oh Jeong-mi has served at Muan-gun Office for 28 years and 11 months, working to stabilize the lives and provide care for low-income groups, and contributed to increasing trust in administration by establishing a visiting welfare administration system to resolve residents' inconveniences.

In particular, to respond to COVID-19, she directly supervised the temporary living support project for low-income households, delivering local gift certificates worth 1.768 billion KRW to 3,237 households over four rounds. She also took the lead in emergency livelihood support for crisis households by mastering the manual and conveying it to staff, helping them perform their duties more smoothly.

Team leader Go Young-ui has served as a public official at Muan-gun Office for 27 years and 1 month, spreading a clean public service culture through transparent and fair contract accounting work and contributing to citizen-centered administrative services such as the introduction of the Happy Taxi.

Since January 2019, Go has been working as the head of the accounting team in the tax and accounting department, overseeing contracts and management of projects worth 216.351 billion KRW across more than 8,300 contracts (2,182 construction, 1,100 service, 5,021 goods purchases), leading the creation of a clean public service culture through fair and efficient contract management.

He is also making efforts to revitalize the local economy by prioritizing the use of local companies and purchasing goods produced locally.

Additionally, while working as the head of the cultural arts team in 2018, he worked to discover cultural resources, and as the head of the transportation administration team, he contributed to securing mobility rights for residents by creating the "Happy Taxi" system.

Team leader Oh Jeong-mi said, "I am honored to receive such a great award," and added, "I will continue to strive to create a happy Muan-gun where all residents are happy by implementing customized welfare services for residents."

Team leader Go Young-ui said, "As a public official, I was just doing my assigned duties, so I am honored to receive such a great award," and added, "I will take this as a whip to work more diligently and will continue to do my best in my duties."

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