The nationalization of local tribal militia has kicked off.
Vice President His Excellency Mohamed Ali Aw Abdi has graced the nationalization of the first batch of the units of local tribal militia at Erigavo in the Sanaag region; which has been a priority issue for the President himself H.E. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro.
The event is indeed a milestone one in the history of the nation in as far as pacification and peaceful stability is concerned, and marks the first phase in the stages of absorbing the militia and their hardware into mainstream national service.
Other units will subsequently be consolidated too.
The Head of State had all long promised in his political campaigns as he vied for the presidency to have all local tribal civilian militias in the country absorbed and become part and parcel of the main security arms of the nation.
Upon swearing in he repeated his pledges, constituted a national peace commission and at last dispatched his deputy to the eastern parts of the country in pursuit of the noble cause that culminated in the event on Saturday.
The VP and the delegation he led on their working trip to Sanaag Region where they have been for the best part of the past week welcomed the newly absorbed troops, their combat gears and hardware hence congratulated them for their patriotism.
The occasion was attended by several cabinet ministers, the chief of defense staff, the regional governor, MPs, customary traditional leaders and numerous eminent personalities from the region.
According to Presidential Spokesman Hussein Deyr, the occasion once more is a testament of the WADDANI administration government dubbed “togetherness and Action” fulfilling the promises and pledges they had given the populaces during the campaigns in its first 100 days.
