Saeed: Islands leased during Maumoon and Nasheed presidencies are still not developed

Economic Minister, Mohamed Saeed has said that the islands leased for resort development by the governments of the former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and Mohamed Nasheed are still incomplete.

Speaking at the function to announce the PPM candidate list for the Malé City Council held at the viewing platform for the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge, Minister Saeed said that President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has been leasing islands with transparency and his target is to open 50 new resorts by the end of his term.

But the resorts leased by the two former presidents working against President Yameen are still incomplete.

And so while some islands were leased for 90 years, 50 years and 25 years, the Economic Minister raised concerns since the development on the islands remain incomplete.

Minister Saeed said that the President Yameen is the kindest President in the Maldivian history and after seeing the major projects ongoing in the country, foreign investors are more keen on investing in Maldives.