Governor halts purchase of chairs for WPC
The Governor of the Western Province Hemakumara Nanayakkara has ordered to immediately cancel the purchase of a large number of expensive chairs which were ordered for the Western Provincial Council (WPC).
The council had ordered some 144 chairs, each costing around Rs 640,000, from Belgium.
“I received a complaint from council member Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi that chairs were going to be purchased at a high cost for the chamber of Western Provincial Council,” the Governor told reporters in Colombo today (13).
He stated that based on the information observed initially, he ordered the Chief Secretary to temporarily suspend the purchase of the chairs, until further inquiries into the matter are concluded.
The chief secretary appointed four officials to prepare an inquiry report, h...