“Who checks if the money they receive is legitimate?” – Translation of President Yameen’s Feb 24 speech

This venture in Thoddoo, as a part of government plans to fulfil basic citizen needs and spread more greenery into the island, from the green harbour of this island, is no doubt a very valuable and expensive venture.

As Thoddoo is an exemplary island in agriculture and as Thoddoo products have always interested us greatly, this new water project that has just begun, or rather been completed, would not doubt greatly assist the people of Thoddoo in their households, as well as in their work they do to earn income. And so, I very sincerely thank the people who have worked on this project. In particular, the hardworking Environment Minister from our cabinet, Minister Thoriq Ibrahim and the team from his ministry, of which the higher ranks are here on the front rows. And in all such, in this government, in this regime, we see that the role of state owned companies expanding widely.

This project is by Stelco. And alongside them, we have MWSC (Maldives Water and Sewerage Company) assisting in water issues and water projects, and Fenaka’s help in electricity and such issues. In our opinion, the empowerment of state owned companies and increased economic resilience, no doubt for projects like this, will greatly reduce the burden on the government budget.