Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa said that the government was planning to confirm about 6,000 casual workers in service in the state sector.
Dr. Jayathissa revealed the NPP government’s move at an event organised at the Sri Lanka Foundation to issue appointment letters to 640 casual workers who had been engaged in mosquito eradication projects for eight years. Declaring that the government wouldn’t further expand the public sector but those serving as casual workers for many years had to be absorbed into the permanent cadre.