ADDIS ABABA – Somali State Deputy President Mustafa Mohammed Omer said the severe human rights violation on the people of Somali and security problems from May 28, 1991, on wards outweighed the benefits secured concerning self rule and the exercise of own language to education.
Speaking to Addis Zemen in connection with May 28, the Deputy President said despite the self-rule and exercise of own language to instructional purposes, the people of Somali had been exposed to pseudo-federalism, human rights’ abuse and the looting of the public treasure.
Describing that the people benefited out of the few nation-wide changes, he said the psychological burden and human rights abuses inflicted on the people, by a Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)-led system, had been far wider than the benefits.
Citing as the system employed divide and rule and the politics of hatred nationwide, he said: “The inhumane treatment on the people of Somali were unprecedented in the entire history of the people, and the actions of dishonoring the people were perpetrated in an organized fashion”
The Deputy President unveiled the public’s satisfaction over the current change indicating the presence of destructive actions by some contrabandists and those benefiting from it; however, the reform undertakings on the State’s institutions created a reliable capacity to counter the ill efforts.
Speaking on the State’s development efforts, Mustafa said the infrastructural developments being undertaken following the reform exceed that of the 27 years’ ones. Seven secondary schools were built during the preceding five years of the reform, but 50 secondary schools have taken shape in just only a year and half time since the reform has begun.
The state is carrying out development efforts worth over six billion Birr while potable water projects have been ongoing with an outlay of over two billion Birr in the towns of Gode, Kebri Dehar, Degehabur.
Regarding road infrastructure, he said 1,011 kms. all-weather and 24 kms. asphalt road constructions are taking shape in the state. The President also indicated that job opportunities have been created to 200 thousand youths, of which 35 thousand are employed in the state’s public offices.
The wide-ranging development undertakings would benefit the people of Somali, he said, adding such undertakings would continue with more vigor both at state and federal levels. Mentioning that every system has both strengths and weaknesses, he noted the need for rectifying the weakness. The Ethiopian Herald May 28, 2020
BY STAFF REPORTER
