Somaliland president appoints committee seeking International recognisation for Somaliland

The breakaway Somaliland president Ahmed Mohammed Mohamud Silanyo has at last named  a committee that he had pledged to in the beginning of the year charged with the special task of seeing to it that the aspirations of Somaliland as concerns recognition is realized.

In a press release by the new Presidential spokesperson Mr. Abdirahman Sh. Elmi Fahiye popularly known as Shamah the Presidential decree prescribed for them the tasks of the formulation and the preparation of the program on the lobbying for International recognition and on the advisory, consultancy and recommendations of the modes of the Somaliland-Somalia talks.

The members of the recognition and talks committee that includes only one eminent lady personality are:-

1. Hon. Dr. Sa’ad Ali Shire- Foreign Affairs Minister

2. Hon. MohamudHashi Abdi-Presidency Minister

3. Hussein Ali Duale (Awil)- The Presidential Adviser on Recognition lobby and

Somaliland/ Somalia Talks.

4. Presidential Advisor on Foreign Affairs Mr. Abdo Ahmed Ayir

5. Ambassador at large Rabi Ahmed Mohammed

6. Ali Ahmed Osman- Somaliland Representative to Turkey

7. Lady Edna Aden Ismael-Former FM

8. Dr. Mohammed Abdillahi Omar-former FM

9. Prof. Mohammed Said Gees-former FM

10. Abdillahi Jama Osman (Geeljire)-former Information and Fisheries minister

11. Prof. Suleiman Ahmed Guleid- Amoud University Chancellor

12. Prof. Ahmed Ismael Samatar—Mac -Alister college, Minister

13. Mohamud Hussein Farah-Dean of Law faculty-Hargeisa University

14. Ibrahim Hashi Jama- Lawyer (International Relations)

15. Dr. Abdi Noor Kijande- Chairman of Foreign Affairs committee, House of

Representative

16. Ahmed Dahir Jirde-chairman-Foreign Affairs Committee, the Guurti

17. Eng. Feisal Ali Waraabe- Chairman UCID political party

18. Abdirahman Yusuf Duale-Press Secretary, WADANI political party

Silanyo reiterated the fact that his administration was not only steadfast but revitalizing and pepping up its efforts towards the achievement

of recognition.

He said that it was in line with this spirit that he has constituted the national task force.

He made the pledge when he addressed the National Assemblies Parliament in a joint speech to the Nation.

It is to be noted that the names that have been incorporated into the committee are high profile ones and some quite unprecedented hence are expected to pep up the virulence with which the committee would operate.