Anti-Corruption Commission ACC has confirmed that a complaint has been filed at the commission against Transport Minister Aishath Nahula.
Speaking to ‘The Press’, Information Commissioner at ACC Hassan Manik said the complaint was filed last night and it was regarding the repealing of the regulation on Shipping Agency Services published by the Transport Authority.
The regulation was published on the 16th of July and was repealed on the 16th of September.
The complaint filed with signatures from over 70 local shipping agents and businessmen said that the regulation was revoked without the approval of the board at the Transport Authority.
The complaint also read that the regulation was revoked in violation Article 12 (a) of the Law on Prevention and Prohibition which stipulates that it is an offense for an employee of Government or a Government venture to use position or influence from the position, to gain or confer an undue advantage pertaining to a task or connected to a task being carried out by the agency or place of employment.
The complaint had said the Minister Nahula had violated this section when the Regulation of Shipping Agency Services was revoked without the consent of the board at Transport Authority.
It also said that the Ministry had not acted to fully implement the regulation and that it had been brought to the Ministry’s attention multiple times.
The complaint also read that the transport Authority had notified the Ministry of the inability to implement the said regulation and that the responsibility to formulate laws and regulations regarding the work of the Authority falls on its shoulders and that the Minister had no authority to unilaterally make decisions on its behalf.
This lady; knows nothing about shipping or even taxing. She has no clue of what transportation is. I am shocked and surprised why President Solih ever assigned such a dumb woman to manage such an important function of the society that all citizens have to endure hardship due to her ignorance. She is corrupt and switches decisions to favor people who pay her. When the shipping agency people paid her to abolish an already gazetted rule, she did so claiming she was going to do a better job. How do we ordinary people believe her? Most of the shipping agencies are taking fees from businessmen who have already paid for the services. Solih's tenure has given us nothing but hardship and trouble. He has watched greedy Ministers engage in corrupt acts to secure government funds for themselves, like Mr. Ameen's and the Ventilator case. Now the female version of Ameen; Aishath Nahula. She should be bold and resign. I don't wanna talk about the glamor we are paying to maintain her ego and personal pleasure. Anyone could walk to her office and see it for themselves. One floor just for a person who does nothing. but mistakes.