Garowe (PP News Desk) — Puntland State soldiers complaining of unpaid salaries have set up roadblocks in different spots of Garowe-Galka’yo road, not too far from Harfo area.
Mutinous officers told Puntland Post that “roadblocks will remain in place until Puntland State Government pays our salaries.” Soldiers claimed that they prevented Puntland Finance Minister Hassan Shire from travelling on the road for business.
In 2020 Puntland State Government introduced a biometric system to weed out phantom soldiers.
A senior Puntland State Government official involved in the security reform told Puntland Post reporter that “if soldiers are legitimately on the government payroll, they must be paid on time.”
© Puntland Post, 2021