By M.A. Egge
The Vice President of the Republic of Somaliland, His Excellency Mohamed Ali Aw Abdi, and a large delegation he leads has reached Erigavo, Sanaag region on Monday evening.
The VP who is on a significant mission to the eastern parts of the country underscored the fact that pacification and the nationalization of civilian militia were top in his priorities.
From the time since the President H.E. Abdirahman Irro was in his Presidential campaigns, during his main speech and several times thereafter, he has always maintained that he would address any and all politically conflicting issues within the nation through peaceful means such as dialogue.
It is to this context that the VP is visiting the region as he personally explained as he was received in Erigavo.
Upon his reception, the VP gave an in-depth account of the purpose of their visit, describing it as a mission of working together for the fostering, maintenance and bolstering of peaceful stability, unity, cohesion and tranquility.
He also pointed out that nationalization of the rag-tag civilian militia was on agenda, an issue whose process was expressed before by the Head of State himself.
Notable in the VP’s entourage included the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Transport, Minister of State for Internal Affairs, the Deputy Minister of Investment, the Commander of the National Army and several members of the parliament.
The delegation was welcomed in all the major areas and regions he travelled through on the way to Erigavo, notably at Burao and Elfweyne.
The Governor of Sanaag Region and the Deputy Mayor of Erigavo welcomed the delegation to the Erigavo city.
The resident elders and intellectuals of Sanaag Region who welcomed the delegation said that they would cooperate with the delegation unconditionally in their mission and activities in the region.
The Somaliland Minister of Defense, event emphasized the fact that the new WADDANI administration dubbed “Togetherness and Action” is ready to listen to its peoples and work with them on pertinent issues of community development.
It is worth noting that to underscore the government’s commitment to the peace cause, the President had formed a national peace commission whose committee is charged with the task and mission of working, in togetherness, towards the fostering, maintenance and bolstering peaceful stability, unity, cohesion and tranquility within the nation.
Time and again, the Head of State has repeatedly called for unconditional peaceful dialogues to address potential political volatility that abounds.
It is thus the nation’s hope that the efforts towards this cause of action would be supported to the hilt by Somalilanders as a whole.