President dissolves Transport Ministry

President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has, with reference to Article 116 of the Constitution, dissolved Ministry of Transport and Communication.

The President’s Office said that the departments and operations of the ministry have been transferred to other government institutions.

This includes the transfer of Regional Airports to Ministry of Tourism, Transport Authority to Ministry of Economic Development, and Communication Authority of Maldives to Ministry of Home Affairs.

Other operations of Transport Ministry have been transferred to Ministry of Environment and Energy, and the National Centre for Information Technology run under National Bureau of Statistics of Ministry of Finance and Treasury.