The Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development in the Federal Government of Somalia, Mr. Jamal Mohamed Hassan, received a warm welcome today in the city of Dhahr in highland province in Puntland state of Somalia on Thursday, September 23, 2021.
Local officials, traditional leaders and members of local authorities as well as civil society in the city of dahar welcomed the delegation of the Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of the Federal Government of Somalia and a member of the Federal Parliament on the outskirts of the city,
Speaking to the recipients and the community of the region, the Minister thanked the people who came out to greet him in a friendly manner
Before arriving there, the Somali Federal Government's Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development, Jamal Mohamed Hassan, received a warm welcome in the city of qardo, in karkar region where he was welcomed by King Burhan king Musa, the king of the Somali Arab Darod tribes.
Earlier today Puntland security forces, reportedly under instructions from State President Abdullahi Deni, barred a delegation to receive Federal Planning Minister Jamal mohamed Hassan at Garowe Airport Thursday morning.
The minister who was on his way to his constituency in Dhahar, Sanaag region, arrived without the welcoming party after his team on the ground was blocked from accessing the airport, sources at the airport said.
After he left the airport, sources said, a confrontation arose between his security team from Dhahar and Puntland forces. The team from Dhahar had come to pick him.
The government forces had reportedly attempted to bar him from leaving for Dhahar, but he finally managed to leave.
Jamal, a close ally of President Mohamed Farmaajo, does not see eye to eye with Deni, whom sources said has attempted to derail his re-election.
Jamal will be seeking to be re-elected by his sub-clan in Dhahar in the upcoming Lower House elections.
