By M.A. Egge
THT- The President of the Republic of Somaliland H.E. Muse Bihi Abdi, inaugurated the first food and drug testing laboratory in Somaliland.
The ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Quality Control Agency, in the Sahel region. Firstly, the President made a brief inspection of the different parts of the agency that are equipped with modern testing machines installed at the laboratory.
The chairman of the Quality Control Agency Mr. Mukhtar Mohamed Ali explained in depth the success achieved by the country in having a modern laboratory for testing food, medicine and cosmetic products.
“The state has invested a lot of money in this laboratory, which aims to have a quality laboratory to guarantee the health and well-being of the people that consume everything that is imported from Berbera port”, he said.
H. E. President Muse Bihi Abdi who gave a brief speech praised the authorities of the quality control agency and their staff for the action they have taken and urged them to work responsibly and honestly in the laboratory.
He called upon them to utilize the state-of-the-art facilities at the centre. He also urged them to constantly improve their knowledge of quality control and associated technological laboratory sciences because it was imperative and incumbent upon them to be very skillful
as per their tasks.
The President underpinned the need for heads and the staff of the quality control agency to improve their knowledge so that they can perform their duties in a knowledgeable manner.