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Jijjiga, December 23,2024 (WIC)- Effective implementation of national policies and strategies in Somali state is said to be helpful in easily solving the occasional security problems that surface in the region.

High officials of the Somali state and professionals attending training on national policy and strategy in Jijjiga town noted yesterday that the appropriate resolutions of popular development and good governance questions would effectively resolve the existing security concerns.


Participants of the training indicated that the administrative bodies that ran the regional government until recently gave priorities to tribal interests over the common interest of the public in the region. As a result the grass roots have hardly benefited from the system,they stated.


MPs representing the public at the House of People�s Representatives as well as at the Regional Council have failed to consult the public on the problems and seek solutions, the participants said, adding that this gap between government officials and the public has given room to anti-peace elements to maneuver in the region.


Though the question of secession propounded by the Ogaden National Liberation Front was for instance long addressed by the Constitution, it is however used to disrupt peace in the area due to the weakness of the state government and the ruling party to embrace the people,they underlined.


The budget allocated to the region had not also been properly used to for development and good governance ,they said, calling for immediate rectification of such wrong deeds.


State Minister of Federal Affairs, Maregu Habtemariam, who chaired the discussion on his part said as the lingering of such gaps between the regional government and the public might lead to endless conflict the administration and the ruling Somali Peoples Democratic Party (SPDP) should avoid its drawbacks and pursue development and good governance focusing on the pastoralist community.


Source: WIC