Fishermen paid MVR 787m, clearing huge backlog

4 months ago

Fishermen have been paid all their dues as of Friday, says President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, clearing a huge backlog of hundreds of millions of Rufiyaa. The new administration previously said it inherited a backlog of over MVR 250 million in outstanding dues to fishermen when it took office in November 2023. The delay in the disbursement of payments prompted strikes in