Addu Development Corporation

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Change is inevitable. For me, the million dollar question is, what are we going to do to make this
change beneficial to us. Yes, we demand a truly decentralized government and we want to be able to fully dictate on how we want to shape our city, how we build the economic vitality we all aspire, have full autonomy to decide what kind of humanity we want our children and the future generations of our people to inherit.

The President-Elect has often assured the people that one of his first official act as the President of Maldives will be to empower the elected councils. I am hoping he will deliver on that promise shortly after taking the presidential oath. The promises are big and bold, but the current civil service legislation and structure is not conducive to delivering such mega-promises in such a short a time frame.

One of the ideas floating around among the thought leaders in the community is to form "Addu Development Corporation", something similar to Hulhumale' Development Corporation. It is a nice idea, bringing agility to executing the "Jazeera Manifesto". The only question remaining is can we pull it off? I would like to give the benefit of the doubt to the new government, the City Council, the thought leaders and opinion leaders and the people of this city.

Here is what I think ADC should be.


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