"The historic move shows that the president of the nation
his Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, has a strong feeling of enthusiasm
for the beautiful game, as all Somalia’s past presidents had never invited Somali
football federation president to be part of their delegation” Somali Football Federation
said in a statement.
Somali President His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, said
"I love football and I decided to invite SFF president Abdiqani to be part of
my delegation” Somalia’s first lady Saynab Abdi Mohamed, Foreign minister Abdi
Said Muse, minister of sport Hamza Sayed Hamza and businesswoman, Nasra Wehliye Maalin are also part of the
president’s high profile delegation. The president of the nation His excellency Mohamed
Abdullahi Mohamed, and his delegation will attend the official opening of the
historic FIFA Arab Cup on Tuesday evening 30th of November.
SOMALI PRESIDENT PRAISED FIFA FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP AFRICAN FOOTBALL.
Somali president His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who doubles as a former football referee, commended FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino for their commitment to the development of the world’s football and in particularly that of Africa.
The president said that in recent years FIFA under the leadership of president Infantino has been giving more priority to African football to help it develop and compete with the rest of the world.
"In Somalia I know the huge work FIFA had done and is still doing and I personally witnessed a concrete growth of football in Somalia” said the president of the federal republic of Somalia, His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who also extoled Somali Football Federation for doing a good job for the government and the people of Somalia.The president’s delegation is due to return to the country on Wednesday.
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