The Prime Minister expressed his views when he participated in the opening of the “Nila Piyasa” housing complex in Mahara, Kelenaiya on 14.03.2024.
Prime Minister also added his views in the following manner
“The establishment of an efficient and productive public service is a must for the development of a state. In order to ensure service delivery with a motivated workforce, it is highly important to satisfy them with the required facilities, in addition to recruiting and training well-qualified officers and paying them salaries and allowances.
This programme for the provision of facilities to public officers has been implemented for the first time in distant areas. We have to make huge investments in the construction of official quarters complexes in urban areas, acquiring private properties and land. So, we are focusing on using state lands as much as possible. Now we should be committed to ensuring more productive service to the general public.
We expect to satisfy the requirement for accommodation facilities in the public service by launching these projects in different districts. Today, 32 housing units are allocated to public servants in order to provide them with facilities to deliver more service in a more convenient environment.
We have considered various requests made by the executive officers and their representatives in public administration at the discussions conducted recently, and accordingly, the necessary measures are being taken to fulfill their requests. During the past period, both the executive officers and the government worked with a mutual understanding in the face of the economic crisis. As a result of this understanding, we could ensure the good health of the people. Now we are again gaining economic stability, emerging from various downfalls due to the economic crisis. The collaboration of all public servants laid the foundation for such a situation.
Until now, the concept of enhancing productivity through collective efforts was observed only in the private sector. So, the Cabinet has decided to make an avenue to introduce this concept to the public sector by joining with the World Labour Organization. Therefore, I believe that the public service will have the ability to see the dawn of a new era while ensuring the facilities and rights of the public servants, settling in the meantime the various issues in the public institutions.”
A large crowd, including State Ministers, Mr. Ashoka Priyantha, Sisira Jayakodi and Prasanna Ranaweera, Members of Parliament, Mr. Sahan Pradeep Vithana and Yadamini Gunawardena and the Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, Mr. Pradeep Yasarathne were present at this occasion.