By M.A. Egge
The President of the Republic of Somaliland H.E. Musa Bihi Abdi held a special meeting at the Presidential Palace with some members of the Hargeisa city community with a hearing loss fraternity led by the officials of the Somaliland Association of the Deaf (SODA).
They took the opportunity to inform the Head of State of their plight that encompassed general circumstances surrounding their lives as per educational and social needs are concerned.
They informed the President of the imperative support that they direly needed from the government.
Present at the meeting were the ministers of education, health and that of family and social affairs.
The SODA members who spoke included their Chairman Mr. Hassan Haybe Olujoog, SODA director Mustafe Mohamed Osman, Head of Sports Nassir Abdi Adan.
Others included Hibo Mohamed Dahir, Naciima Mahdi Abdi Maal, Hana Ali Jirde, and Abdirisaq Abdilahi Ahmed, Faysa Mohamud Hassan and Abdimaalik Ahmed.
They all thanked the President and his government for the reception accorded to them and special care they provide to the members of the hearing loss community hence requested to have their education support bolstered and jobs availed to them.
The Ministers of Education Hon. Dr. Ahmed Aden Buhane and Employment, Social and Family Affairs Hon. Ali Omar Mohamed (Hoor-Hoor) on their part thanked the president for welcoming the hearing impaired community, and pointed out that the government would do the necessary things for them since members of the hearing loss community were a major part of the plans of the government.
The President H.E. Musa Bihi Abdi lastly thanked the hearing impaired youth for accepting the invitation he extended to them, and stated that the government is committed to greatly support their fraternity hence do anything possible to enable them go about their lives with improved ease.
