Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, M.P.N.M. Wickramasinghe, disclosed that despite the building being returned years ago, the deposit has not been received by the government.

The building, leased under a rental agreement, incurred a monthly cost exceeding 24 million rupees for the Ministry of Agriculture and. the total expenditure by the government for the building was approximately 2.1 billion rupees.

This issue of public fund mismanagement was highlighted by both the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Presidential Commission investigating fraud and corruption of the previous government.