"The president has recently travelled to Zurich where he
attended the meeting of the FIFA organizing committee for competitions. The
sole objective for his travel to FIFA was to attend that meeting as he is
member of the committee and it is unfortunate that a local radio which is known
for its involvement in the violence in the country has published a false report
on the president’s trip to Zurich” Somali Football Federation, said in a
statement on Tuesday.
"We can confirm that the president was not questioned by FIFA as the so-called local radio website has reported. This radio has been known for taking part in the country’s insecurity and violence instigation and has never reported on any sport in Somalia” the SFF said in the statement.
"The SFF expressed its discontentment with Allafrica.com
which doesn’t examine what is right and what is wrong, but instead continues to
quote some of the so-called news websites in Somalia” Somali Football
Federation said in its statement.
"The media are free to report on what is really taking
place, but the principles and the laws of journalism should be applied and the rights
of any one shouldn’t be infringed on” Somali Football Federation statement
added.
Somali
Football Federation Media Department
Email:info@somsoccer.com