President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared a prompt allocation of funds to tackle health and education issues in the North by giving priority to identified needs.

Specifically, initiatives will be undertaken to allocate land for the teaching hospital in Jaffna and allocate funds for the recruitment of teachers to fill vacancies.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe underscored the significance of religious harmony for economic development. He expressed his intention to expedite the development program aimed at restoring the revenues lost during the war in the North back to the region, highlighting the substantial role that religious leaders can play.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena who is on an official visit to Uganda to attend the 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC), engaged in productive discussions with Ugandan President Hon. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Prime Minister Hon. Robinah Nabbanja and the Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Anita Among.

During his official four-day visit to the Northern Province, President Ranil Wickremesinghe paid a visit to the Pooneryn area this afternoon (05). As part of the visit, the President participated in a discussion at the Pooneryn Divisional Secretariat to assess the Pooneryn Town Development Plan presented by the Urban Development Authority.