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Fenaka Corporation takes over four island powerhouses

The government’s utilities company, Fenaka Corporation, signed agreements yesterday to take over four island powerhouses.

At a ceremony yesterday, agreements were signed with the powerhouses of Haa Alif Vashafaru, Meemu Mulaku, Meemu Naalaafushi and Meemu Dhiggaru.

Speaking to press following the ceremony, Fenaka Managing Director Mohamed Nimal said the corporation expected to receive funds in next year’s budget for electricity and water works in 136 islands.

Nimal revealed that the corporation inherited a debt of MVR 472 million (US$30 million). The Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) member said the corporation has decided to forward a number of corruption cases from the defunct utility companies to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday.

A number of projects had been carried out with no documentation or records, Nimal said, including renting an office for the former Northern Utility Company without a bidding process.

Nimal also claimed that 75 percent of Fenaka Corporation’s 1,400 employees were members of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP). He added that some MDP members had been sacked due to harassment of staff from other political parties and actions detrimental to the corporation.

In June, President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik established Fenaka by presidential decree to take over the seven utility companies, created during the administration of former President Mohamed Nasheed under the ousted MDP government’s policy of dividing the nation into seven provinces for decentralised administration.

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President Waheed appoints interim utility companies and health services corporations boards

President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik has dismissed all board members of the seven regional utilities companies and health services corporations, and appointed two seven-member interim boards to oversee all seven utilities and health services companies respectively, the President’s Office has said.

The dismissal was to streamline the companies’ work, said the President Office, and the interim board will revise, strengthen and re-formulate the operating procedures for the companies.

The interim board of the utilities companies consists of: Ibrahim Athif Shakoor (M. Aasthana, Malé), Mohamed Ahmed Didi (M. Honey Dew, Malé), Dr. Abdulla Firaq (Fiyathoshige, Haa Alif Thakandhoo), Mohamed Faiz (Ma. Havana, Malé), Abdul Matheen Mohamed (Naares, Raa Hulhudhuffaru), Shimad Ibrahim (Dhilshaadhuge, Gaaf Alif Dhevvadhoo), and Mohamed Nimal (M. Kokahandhuvaru, Malé).

The interim board of the health services corporations consist of: Ibrahim Mohamed (M. Muleege, Malé), Mohamed Iyad Hameed (M. Moodhoo, Malé), Mohamed Ibrahim Manik (Medhuge, Thaa Guraidhoo), Dr. Abdulla Afeef (Hudhuvilaage, Seenu Meedhoo), Aminath Rasheedha Aboobakr (H. Thiyara, Malé), Ali Shareef Mohamed (Tulipmaage, Haa Alif Hoarafushi), and Hussein Fahmy (M. Fathaha, Malé).

President Waheed also reappointed the Veshi Fahi Malé Programme’s steering committee in February.

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President speaks of improving electricity and healthcare

In his weekly radio address on the Voice of Maldives on Friday morning, President Mohamed Nasheed spoke of providing affordable and reliable electricity, and quality healthcare, in the islands.

He said it was important that all islands receive electricity from their respective provincial utilities company. President Nasheed said that in his recent visits to the atolls he found the utilities companies provided electricity more efficiently than in the previous system, where electricity was managed by communities.

He added, however, that some islands are opposing the policy to transfer the management of island powerhouses to utilities companies.

Speaking on healthcare, President Nasheed said it was an important priority of the government. He said the government is continuously working to improve the standard of healthcare facilities in the islands.

He added that once the nationwide transport system is complete, it will complement the healthcare policy, as it will provide people better access to their nearest health facility, if the service they require is not available on their island.

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