A number of island chiefs, magistrates and secretaries have signed up for alms under the government’s social welfare programme, the National Social Protection Agency (NSPA) has claimed.
Speaking to Haveeru, NSPA Chairman Ibrahim Waheed observed that “some of the government employees that collect the highest salaries are also registered on the list.”
“According to my knowledge, alms are paid to the poor,” he said.
The recipients were discovered during a review of the alms list, after the government granted those on the list free participation in the Madhana health insurance service.
