President Yameen Abdul Gayoom has said that the Sports Arena Project will benefit not only islands with more than 2,000 people, but also islands with smaller populations.
The President said this while speaking at a ceremony at Olympus on Sunday night to launch the Sports Arena Project.
“Sports arenas will be built only in islands with more than 2,000 people, but we will not exclude small islands with less than 2,000 people. Facilities for popular sports will be established also in those islands under this project within five years,†he said.
He said that a budget no less than MVR 300 million will be allocated for youth activities next year as well.
President Yameen said that the project will ensure the establishment of the sports infrastructure required by the country for the next ten years.
The project was inaugurated by President Yameen Abdul Gayoom, Minister of Sports and Youth Mohamed Maleeh Jamal and Minister of State for Sports and Youth Ghassan Maumoon.
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