Health Tops 2026 Budget Priorities, President Says

President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu said health will top the 2026 State Budget.

Speaking in Lh. Naifaru during his Faadhippolhu tour, he stressed a healthy population drives national progress and urged residents to avoid harmful habits like tobacco.

The government will boost preventive and curative care and ease costs for treatment abroad. Education gets the second largest funding share, focusing on essential public services.

The president added that development must be real, measurable, and benefit every Maldivian.