SLBFE to probe allegations between auditor and GM
The Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLBFE) under the Ministry of Labour has plans to appoint an independent body to sort out the issue between D.D.P. Senanayake, General Manager (GM) SLBFE and National Audit Superintendent R.A.D.N. Gunasekara, top officials said.
SLBFE’s new Chairman, Kosala Wickramesinghe told The Sunday Times Business that he is well aware of the issue between these two parties and will appoint an independent body to resolve it. He added that both parties had presented their case. “Upon being approached by both sides, we realised that an independent body should check into this matter as it is difficult to carry out the daily tasks of the organisation with an issue like this,” he added.
The issue between the two parties flared when Ms. Gunasekara noticed that receipts of welfare funds running into millions in the SLBFE Oman Labour Welfare Unit arm were not accounted for from August 22 to December 31st last year. Mr. Wickramasinghe was also aware of this and said that it is being investigated separately.
The Sunday Times Business learned from the Auditor General’s Department (AG) that the AG has requested the reasons as to why these receipts cannot be sent for consolidation. They also said that some of the receipts are in the process of being sent to Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, concerns of Mr. Senanayaka and his wife, Ms. Nelum Samarasekera, SLBFE Deputy General Manager Legal being in the same organisation have also made its way to the Ministry of Labour. “An observation about these two officials in the same family heading responsible positions at the bureau was highlighted in a management meeting recently,” a Labour Ministry official told The Sunday Times Business on Thursday. He said this was highlighted as an ethical issue.
Mr. Wickramesinghe also noted that there have been many complaints about the IT system at SLBFE. “We have realised that the bureau’s IT system has many lapses. We are planning to make this system more user-friendly. This is because most of the migrant workers are not very tech-savvy, and we need a tailor-made system for them.”
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