Asist. Agriculture Research Officers for N-E [July 28 2011]

By Mohammed Naalir

Plans are afoot to appoint 1,474 Assistant Agriculture Research Officres to the Northern and Eastern Provinces. The interviews to select these officers will be held shortly, Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S.M. Chandrasena said.

The absorbtion of these officers to the service immediately will help expedite the livelihood development projects being implemented under the “Uthuru Wasanthaya” and “Neganahira Navodaya” development drives, Minister Chandrasena said.

He said 8,860 assistant agriculture Research officers are presently employed throughout the country. However vacancies exist in the Northern Eastern Provinces.