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Noting that the elected leaders of the Northern Province had no control over their own offices, the Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council CV Wigneswaran called on the government to hand over authority and power to the provincial administration during a Provincial Council meeting on Monday.
Over 100,000 war widows remain in the North-East of Sri Lanka said Mr Wigneswaran addressing a meeting of the Special Coordinating Committee for the Northern Province, in Jaffna.
The meeting was chaired by the Central Public Administration and Good Governance Minister Karu Jayasuriya, reports the New Indian Express.
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