The Waste Management Corporation (WAMCO) has assigned a new managing director, Mohamed Shifaau – native to Thinadhoo island of Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll.
Mohamed Nizar, the chair of the local privatization board, which presides over public sector corporations, announced this in a tweet on Tuesday.
Nizar had announced that its former managing director, Ibrahim Fuad.
Effective 14 May 2017, PCB has dismissed Chairman Ali Khalid and Managing Director Ibrahim Fuad from WAMCO's board of directors
— Mohamed Nizar (@nixaar) May 14, 2017
WAMCO is a state-operated enterprise that is holds itself specially to carry out waste management in the Maldives.
Last year, it had divided the Maldives into 10 domestic zones in a bid to systemize waste collection, and will be responsible for collecting waste from households in the capital city from July onwards.