Yameen deflects criticism over slow progress in fulfilling sports pledges
President Abdulla Yameen has blamed slow progress in the construction of sports stadiums and mosques on an alleged lack of construction companies in the Maldives.
16 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen has blamed slow progress in the construction of sports stadiums and mosques on an alleged lack of construction companies in the Maldives.
“Our problem is that even if we set a budget of MVR300million for sports … we don’t have the capacity to absorb the allocated funds. The Maldives does not have enough companies to construct all the sports fields,” he said last night at a ceremony to celebrate the completion of some 30 futsal fields.
“We could award the construction of 20, 30 fields to a company. But there are only two or three Maldivian companies to do the work… This is a challenge we face not just in the sports sector, but in other infrastructure sectors,” he said.
The opposition has censured Yameen’s administration for slow progress in fulfilling pledges, countering the government’s slogan of “amaaz yageen” or guaranteed goals with the slogan “amaaz laahoorey” or aimless goals.
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