The Ministry of Information of the Federal Government of Somalia has today the 6th of May 2017 launched in Mogadishu consultative meeting for the development of Somali media, the meeting will be going on for the next two days to come. The deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia His Excellence Mahdi Mohamed Guled (Khadar) has officially opened the meeting.
The consultative meeting is attended by the Information Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia His Excellence Abdirahman Omar Osman [Eng: Yarisow], the deputy Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia His Excellence Abdurrahman Iidan Yunis, the Information Minister of Jubbaland State His Excellence Abdinur Ali Adan, His Excellence Abdifatah Ashkir Nur, Puntland State Minister, Dahir Farah Fidow, the deputy Information Minister of Galmudug State, Abdikarim Mohamed Diriye, the media leaders and representatives of the media fraternity. His Excellence Hassan Abdi Mohamed the Information Minister of Southwest State has joined the meeting at midday.
Somali Media Development Consultative meeting is focused on issues such as the strengthening of relations and cooperation between the federal level and the state level and private owned media; reviewing of the Media Law; review of the National Strategy of Somali Media; and the Strategies & plans of National Public Awareness Programs.
The deputy Prime Minister has appreciated the Ministry of Information for its role of organizing vital consultative meeting, which is good for the strengthening the cooperation ties between the national level and regional State level, and it is very significant to maintain such consultations.
His Excellence Engineer Yarisow the Information Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia has similarly appreciated the attendance of regional State Ministers, key stakeholders in the media, civil society groups, and appealed from them to strengthen the cooperation and the consultations between them.
Eng Yarisow has at length talked about the importance of public awareness, and the need for the participation of the entire Somali citizens.