Colombo (LNW): Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has directed officials to ensure that all pending appointments for multi-purpose development assistants are completed by 15th November.
A meeting discussing the efficiency of the Department of Multi-purpose Development Task Force and speeding up the appointment process took place at the Prime Minister’s Office, chaired by the Prime Minister on Wednesday.
The session largely focused on the actions taken by the official committee, which the Cabinet had established to assess government recruitment procedures.
Although directives exist to hire multi-purpose development assistants for primary service roles in the public sector, some ministries have yet to finalise these appointments.
This has resulted in 4,780 multi-purpose development assistant positions remaining unfilled. Highlighting this delay, the Prime Minister emphasised the need to finalise these appointments and allocate them to their respective institutions by the set deadline.
The meeting was attended by State Ministers Janaka Wakkumbura and Ashoka Priyantha, Prime Minister’s Secretary Anura Dissanayake, various ministry secretaries, institutional heads, and other government officials.
