By M.A.Egge
The Ministry of Planning and National Development of Somaliland has opened the third quarterly meeting of National Development Partners in Hargeisa, which is held every three months.
The Minister of Planning and National Development, together with members of the Somaliland cabinet, opened the forum for the participants of the Third National Development Plan III.
The meeting of the stakeholders forum which is held every three months was attended by the ministers of Planning, Interior Affairs, Finance, Labor and Social Affairs, Agriculture, Directors General, Members of International Organizations, Local and all stakeholders in terms of development in the country.
The Director General of the Ministry of Planning and National Development of Somaliland, Mohamed Abdillahi Duale gave details and highlighted the things that will be discussed during the meeting.
Members of the international community have also warmly welcomed this meeting and the agenda it carries and how to focus on the plans to develop the nation.
The Minister of Interior Hon. Mohamed Kahin Ahmed, Labor and Social Affairs Hon. Ali Omar Mohamed and Minister of Finance Hon. Saad Ali Shire who all spoke at the forum reported on the imperativeness of the Third National Development Plan III and the cooperation of Somaliland’s partners by giving more information about the pillars of the foundation.
The Minister of Planning and National Development Hon. Ahmed Mohamed Diriye Toorno, who officially launched the meeting, underpinned the importance o the quarterly meetings in as far as the NDP III are concerned.
He further sent a message to the International Community donors to channel humanitarian funds directly to the country and not through proxy ways and means that would further jeopardize the economic and political affairs of the Horn of Africa region.