Transport Minister sacked after extending Maamigili airport lease for 99 years
08 Nov 2012, 5:57 PM
Mariyath Mohamed
Minister of Transport Dr Ahmed Shamheed has been removed from his cabinet post on Thursday after announcing the extension of the Maamigili airport lease for 99 years.
The private airport is owned by Chairman of Villa Group and Jumhoree Party (JP) MP for Maamigili, Gasim Ibrahim. The airport had initially been leased to the JP presidential candidate’s Villa company for 30 years.
Dr Shamheed was nominated to the post by the government-aligned JP and is a senior member of the party led by the business magnate MP.
Shamheed told local media today that the decision to extend the lease had been made in an Economic Committee meeting last week.
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