Government decides to take back “some” services from Male’ City Council
11 Jul 2012, 4:16 PM
Mohamed Naahee
President Mohamed Waheed Hassan yesterday announced the government would be taking over “some responsibilities” assigned to the elected Male’ City Council (MCC).
A press statement released by the President’s Office said the decision had been taken on the advice of cabinet to take back some services that are currently provided by the MCC. These services are now expected to be given to the relevant government ministries.
The statement read: “Despite the legal system of the country [dictating] that several services given from the government to the public are delegated to local councils under the Decentralization Act, the decision of the President with the consultation of the cabinet, comes at a time where several of these local councils are failing to provide these services”
However, the statement did not reveal what services the government decided to take over.
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