A city council committee to advice housing committee

A committee of Male City Councilors has been formed to advise the committee tasked with counseling the Housing Committee regarding cases submitted concerning land plots and flats allocated during the previous government.

The statement released by the Housing Ministry last night stated that to involve Male' City Council in the important decisions of the "Housing Committee," Housing Minister Dr. Ali Haidar has established a committee consisting of five counselors under the advice of the Ministry of Cities, Local Government, and Public Works.

The Committee is comprised of:

- Mariyam Nazima Mohamed Faiz

- Aishath Nizlee Rasheed

- Ahmed Aifaan

- Hassan Nizam

- Mohamed Areesh

The first meeting of these councilors has been scheduled for Sunday, while the committee's secretariat will be overseen by the Housing Ministry.

Members of the Committee formed to advice the Housing Ministry:

- Aneesa Ahmed

- Abdul Azeez Yoosuf

- Aminath Eanas

- Ahmed Ali Manik

- Mariyam Fizana Rasheed

The Anti-Corruption Commission of the Maldives (ACC) halted the allocation of flats under the ‘Gedhoruveriya’ scheme after the previous administration released a permanent list of flat recipients just two days before the end of their government.

After nearly two months of investigation, ACC had disclosed that 60 percent of the 4000 flat recipients were ineligible and had not met the criteria. Of the remaining forms, only 20.7 percent were devoid of any problems, while another 19.7 percent that met the inclusion criteria, had information errors on their forms.

In light of the results of the investigation, President Dr Mohamed Muizzu had assured that the list of flats recipients will be reviewed through the Independent Committee. He further assured the public that they can trust the members of the committee to make fair decisions and that the government does not want to make decisions on the allocation of flats solely on its own.