Public servants must help eradicate waste, corruption - Home Minister

Shirley Wijesinghe

All public servants should get together to eradicate waste and corruption. There is no sustainable solution for the problem other than this, said Home Minister Chandrasiri Gadjadheera.

He was speaking at the Diploma Awards ceremony of the officers of Sri Lanka Administrative Services held recently at the Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration. Minister Gadjadheera said officers who received diploma certificates should apply the knowledge whenever necessary.

Such certificates will neither add value to the country nor benefit the person who possesses it.

Gadjadheera said the administration of a country will be more practical when the people become educated.

Appointing of unsuitable persons to important posts creates unrest in society. This process should be changed, the Minister stressed.

'' The Government has a clear vision on the country's development by having a 10 year plan.. All Government servants are bound to fulfill the development goal", he said.

Secretary of the Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry, D. Dissanayake and Secretary to the Prime Minister Mahinda Bandusena also spoke.