By M.A. Egge
The President of the Republic of Somaliland H.E. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro, who is on a working trip to fulfill the promises he made to the Awdal community during the presidential campaigns, laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Boorama airport on Friday.
The pledge on the construction of the airport was central to his campaign major promises.
The President also inaugurated a major tarmac-ked road that was built in the centre of the town that would ease the traffic flow within the city.
This happens a day after he launched the construction of the upgrading of the Boorama-Baki road, a project that had been in the hearts of the area residents given how crucial its completion would positively impact on the regional economic development.
Both projects have been long-awaited by the Awdal residents.
The President was accompanied by the Chairman of the WADDANI Party, Mr. Hirsi Ali Haji Hassan, the 2nd Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives, some members of the cabinet, regional and district administrative leaders, and various traditional leaders as they attended the ceremony held to lay the foundation stone for the construction of the Boorama airport.
According to the Presidential spokesman Hussein Adam Ige, speeches were made at the ceremony, highlighting the commitment of the WADDANI “Togetherness and Action” administration to implement all the activities that the President promised the community during the campaign.
The leaders of the Awdal region and the Boorama district, who spoke at the event, called on the people of Boorama to support the government in the extensive activities that it is carrying out in the region.
They sent a special message to the people living in the area of the Boorama airport in public interest to vacate the perimeter fence of the airport as per regulations.
Similar appeal was made by the President himself a day earlier.
The President has directed that the squatters at the perimeter fence of the public land should be given alternative lands and those with permanent structures have to be reimbursed after evaluations are made.
The Minister of Aviation and Airport Development of Somaliland, Hon. Fuad Ahmed Nouh, elaborated on the form the airport will take and the structural contents it will contain. He said that they would ensure the implementation of the airport project.
The Head of State emphasized that he would see to it that the construction would be implemented to the conclusion of the Boorama airport.
He called upon the residents of the region to support the construction of the airport and other developments in the region that are being implemented.