Two consultants are set to be appointed to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) as per the approval of the Board of Directors.
These consultants, former Additional Secretary of the Power Ministry Susantha Perera and former General Manager of the CEB M.R. Ranatunga, are to be appointed on the instructions of Power Minister Gamini Lokuge, subject to a remuneration of over Rs. 01 million with allowances each.
Top officials of the CEB have been going on public record over the years stating that the state-run body is incurring huge losses and is compelled to pay billions of rupees to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation for fuel purchased for power generation.
It is in this backdrop are these two consultants subject to an extraordinary pay package to be appointed to the CEB.
MIAP
