Sri Lanka, April 23 -- Speculation is rife why the Additional Secretary Ministry of Finance has ignored Bribery Commission's directive to conduct an inquiry into an appointment made during the former regime to the National Lotteries Board.

Following a complaint received by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) on how an unqualified person was appointed as the General Manager (GM) of the National Lotteries Board (NLB) in 2022, at the behest of a powerful Secretary at the Presidential Secretariat during President RanilWickremasinghe's tenure, CIABOC requested the Finance Ministry to conduct an inquiry on the matter which has gone unanswered.

NLB is a state owned enterprise under the purview of the Min...