Addu Declared a City Following Publication of Criteria Determining Cities

President Mohamed Nasheed has declared Addu as a city, following publication, in the Government Gazette, the criteria determining cities. The criteria were established by the Local Government Authority.

 

A City Council has now been formed for Addu in accordance with Decree number 2010/15, and Annex 2 of Act no: 7/2010 (Decentralisation Act).

 

The President also today sent a letter to the Election’s Commission, informing of his decision to declare Addu a city. In the letter, he requested the Elections Commission to hold elections for the Addu city council as scheduled and in accordance with law.

 

According to the criteria established by the Local Government Authority, the gross domestic product of a city must be no less than Rf1 billion. According to statistics by the Department of National Planning, the GDP of Addu in 2010 is more than Rf2 billion.