To win the economic war :

Strategic plan needed

Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal presenting the book titled “Central Bank of Sri Lanka Retrospect 1950 to 2010” to Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Picture by Sumanachandra Ariyawansa

Sri Lanka needs to adopt strategies to drive the country to success said Defence Ministry Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. He was speaking at a presentation on “Economic Management : Lessons from the war” at the Sri Lanka Central Bank 60th Anniversary Oration Series which was held at Central Bank Banking Studies Centre yesterday.

He said starting from the smallest unit to the most important institution we could adopt the strategies to drive the country to victory. As we won the brutal war that drew country backwards we could also win the economic war. According to the Defence Secretary the victory was possible due to good leadership from top to bottom, clear vision, firm decisions, a clear target, discipline, motivation, immense dedication, determination of victory, providing necessary funding, creating a single mindset for all Sri Lankans, recruiting enough human resources and many other factors.

In the same way the entire country can create a better Sri Lanka if we work according to a strategic plan as we did during the humanitarian operation, he said.

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