Addressing the ceremony President Rajapaksa urged the public servants to render efficient, effective and maximum service for the benefit of the people in the Northern and Eastern Provinces irrespective of any differences. He said general public expect satisfactory service from government officers all the time. The President also noted that government servants should identify issues of the people properly and give solutions to them expeditiously.

Minister W.J.M.Seneviratne said in order to streamline the public administration and ensures to provide a satisfactory service to the people of the North and East, the government took appropriate steps to recruit new officers to fill in the existing vacancies in those provinces.

Pictures are seen here the President handing over appointment letters to the recipients at President Secretariat. Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister W.J.M.Seneviratne, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and Secretary to the Public Administration and Home Affairs Ministry P.B. Abeykoon were also present at the occasion.

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