President Yameen arrives in Fuvahmulah City

President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has arrived in Fuvahmulah City on an official visit.

He will be inaugurating the water and sewerage project in Fuvahmulah later this Monday, as well as the road construction project.

Yameen was welcomed upon arrival at the Fuvahmulah Airport by Speaker of People’s Majlis – Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed, Minister of Defense – Adam Shareef Umar, and former Chief Justice – Mohamed Rasheed Ibrahim, as well as a number of other dignitaries and members of public.

The sewerage project is contracted to Sri Lankan company – Sierra – which is already building sewerage systems in five more islands in the country.

This is Yameen’s first visit to Fuvahmulah after he decreed the island as a city, just last month.