Hargeisa, Somaliland Gov has on Sunday dismissed the development project that the SFG in Mogadishu claimed to implement in the port city of Berbera. The minister of planning of the weak SFG installed in Mogadishu yesterday inked 23 million Euro development project with the EU dubbed Yarisow development project.
The SFG claims that it has allocated 7 million out of the 23 million Euro to carry out the refurbishment of roads in the port city of Berbera and to revamp the sewage system. The minister of transport of Somaliland has snubbed the project to be implemented in its sovereignty whilst the project deal was signed by Somalian authority in Mogadishu. Mr. Abdilahi Abokor Osman has said that the development project has been politicized.
The minister has strongly stated that Somaliland is against the project, which has been politicized and will not allow the SFG to see the realization of the project in Somaliland. It is a big shame for Somalia to undermine the special arrangement that was ratified by the EU, the minister has said that SL was not informed about it and heard it via the media. once dubbed the project as a Yarisow development fund and ironically once again dubbed it as Somali coastal development project.
The transport minister from Somaliland has categorically stated that the projects signed in Somalia have nothing to do with Somaliland as they are two different entities. The minister has been asked why Somaliland rejected the project once it alleges Somalia to have obstructed, the minister has reiterated that the EU deals Somaliland government directly without channeling its funds via the Somali federal government.