Colombo (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday (19) said the Cabinet of Ministers of the new government gave its approval to recruit an additional 10,000 graduates to the public sector.

The President made this comment when he met with a group of unemployed graduates who were stationed opposite the Presidential Secretariat.

The President listened to the woes of the unemployed graduates when he was leaving the premises following the conclusion of the cabinet meeting this afternoon.

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