President Mohamed Nasheed today visited Kan’doodhoo, Vandhoo and Hirilandhoo and met with the people.
At each island, the President’s remarks to the people were mainly on government’s commitment decentralization and delegating more powers to the people.
The President stated that proper development could not be achieved unless the people at local levels are able to participate in the processes of developing their islands. He stressed that this was one of the reasons why government advocated decentralized administration in the country, adding government wanted to make local councils more self-reliant and self-sufficient.
In his remarks to the people of the three islands, the President also spoke on the 2011 budget. He said budget allocation for the atolls and administrative regions would be different compared to previous years. The President said a main objective of the budget was to create more jobs help private sector to expand.
