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Health Ministry hands over project management to local councils

Mariyam Malsa
01 March 2020, MVT 18:03
Minister of Health Abdulla Ameen. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI
Mariyam Malsa
01 March 2020, MVT 18:03

Ministry of Health, on Sunday, formally handed on the management of all Public Sector Investment Program (PSIP) projects valued below MVR 5 million to local councils, as per the eighth amendment to the Decentralisation Act.

A total of 20 projects, collectively worth more than MVR 48.1 million, were handed over to 20 island councils after the ministry prepared blueprints, tender documents and bills of quantities.

The councils will be tasked with announcing the projects, commencing the tender process and assigning contracts. However, the health ministry will still provide the technical assistance and quality control throughout the process.

The ministry stated that the handover of projects, including hospital extension plans and laboratory establishment, would allow convenient monitoring of the projects' progress on a regular basis.

Furthermore, the health ministry asserted that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) established in islands would benefit from the projects.

According to the ministry, the completion of extension projects overseen by the local councils would solve the shortage of space faced by several health centres across Maldives and increase their capacity to conduct effective public health programmes.

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