By M.A. Egge
The latest session of the weekly Council of Ministers of the Republic of Somaliland, saw the discussions of various issues that ranged from the national security situation, general economy of the country, the education sector, to planning etc.
The meeting culminated with the distribution of the Energy Act and the Somaliland Diplomatic Missions Act for their perusal.
The session was chaired as usual by the President of the Republic of Somaliland, His Excellency Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro, who was flanked by the Vice President His Excellency Mohamed Ali Aw Abdi, on Wednesday.
According to a press release by the spokesman of the Presidency Mr. Hussein Adam Igeh, the agenda of the week was as follows: –
𝟏. Report on Security and Stability in the Country: Brief given by the Minister of Interior and Security, Hon. Abdallah Mohamed Arab.
𝟐. Report on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs: Briefing by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Hon. Abdillahi Hassan Aden.
𝟑. Livestock Export Report and the difference in Livestock Export Processes and how to improve it: Reports by the Minister of Livestock and Rural Development, Hon. Dr. Omar Shucayb Mohamed
- Report on the DALJIR Program prepared by the Ministry of Constitution and Parliamentary Relations: Reported by the Minister of Constitution and Parliamentary Relations, Hon. Ahmed Aw Daahir Haaji Hassan.
- Preventing and mitigating schools’ transportation accidents: briefs given by the Ministers of Education, Training and Science and also Transport and Road Development, the honourables Professor Ismail Duale Yusuf, and Osman Ibrahim Nur (Af-gaab) respectively.
- Report on the situation in El-Afweyn and the Peace Process, including the government delegation that participated in the Celebration of Eid al-Adha with the community: Reported by the Minister of Religion and Endowments, Sheikh Abdullahi-Baashe Daahir Jama.
- Policy Making of Ministries and Harmonization of the National Master Plan of Somaliland: This was reported by the Minister of the Ministry of Planning and National Development, Miss. Kaltuun Sh. Hassan Abdi.
𝟖. Distribution of the Draft Energy Law and the Diplomatic Missions Law of the Somaliland (𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭): This briefing was made by the Attorney General Mr. Abdisamad Omar Maal.