Secretary to the President tells public servants:

Work with dedication

Athapattu BANDARA

All government employees should act with dedication in performing their duties on behalf of the public, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga said addressing staff at the Presidential Secretariat before commencing work for the New Year, at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. All employees took an oath yesterday to serve the public with efficiency, productively and with commitment, honesty, dedication and loyalty to the people.

Weeratunga urged the public servants to provide their service pledged in the Mahinda Chinthana policy framework, to their optimum urging them to utilize information technology in accomplishing to facilitate their duties, he said.

He explained that the head of the State - President Mahinda Rajapaksa has rejuvenated the government service through his exceptional guidelines.

The Secretary to the President further explained that the public greatly relied on the over 1.3 million public servants placing their utmost confidence in them that they would be helped to get their matters solved in an efficient and productive manner.

He was optimistic that the unstinted support of the public sector employees would be received in carrying out the the policy decisions of the Mahinda Chinthana in the development process.

Functions of the Presidential Secretariat resumed following the invoking of blessings by clergy of all religions.