51 vehicles go missing from Presidential Secretariat

As many as 51 vehicles belonging to the Presidential Secretariat were unaccounted for as at end-2022, said the National Audit Office in a report.

The value of these vehicles remains unknown too.

According to the report, the Presidential Secretariat has released 53 of its vehicles to other state institutions, temples, religious leaders and MPs, without following the proper procedure.

It had spent Rs. 13.7 million for the maintenance of 27 of these vehicles during the year, but had taken no steps to recover that expenditure.