Holding local government elections and an increase in subventions being provided to municipalities and Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) have been announced as being among the top priorities of the Ministry of Local Government under the new government.
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall yesterday told a news conference that although a date has not yet been set for the next local government elections, it is a mandate of the new government for them to continue.
“When we came into office many years ago, we were the first government to have a local government elections in place in 1994 and it is also the mandate of President Irfaan Ali that local government elections will continue,” Dharamlall said.