New Investigations Unit at Public Administration Ministry
PUBLIC Administration and Home Affairs Deputy Minister Pandu
Bandaranayake said yesterday that steps have been taken to establish a
new Investigation Unit under his Ministry to conduct inquiries into
public complaints on irregularities and shortcomings under the Ministry
purview.
He said the new unit will have 35 graduates recruited recently under
the Government's graduate employment programme.
These recruits who will be designated as Investigation Assistants
will be given a two months preliminary training covering Administrative
Regulations, Tender Procedure and Disciplinary Action Procedure before
they assume regular duties.
The Deputy Minister made this disclosure when he addressed the
inaugural training session of the new Investigation Unit at the Ministry
auditorium.
Ministry Secretary D.Dissanayake, Additional Secretary G.
Hettiarachchi, Public Service Training Institute Director Sunil
Abeywardena, Instructor S.A.Ekanayake and Combined Services Director B.G.
Karunaratne also participated. |