Somali Football Federation’s annual general meeting [AGM] has lauded for
the major achievements in the country including some unprecedented
activities made by the federation during 2015.

All congress members attended the AGM which was held in the capital
Mogadishu on 31st of December.

After the SFF president’s opening address, the AGM continued to discuss on several agendas in accordance with the SFF constitution.

During his address, president Abdiqani Said Arab gave detailed information
on the major achievements made by the federation since he was elected as
president in 2014.

He outlined to the congress that his federation implemented some of the
development programs the president pledged during his post election
address on 31st of August 2014, with the stakeholders showing their
satisfaction with the major approaches made in the country over the year.

The president said that the increase of local competitions was one of the
key pledges he made after his election a year ago, adding that some key
plans in the four-year strategy have now been implemented.

He praised the stakeholders for helping his executive committee for approaching their goals.

“We have broadened the participation of our national league which now has
10 teams; we created a formal annual league for our youths and the
strengthening of our grassroots programs were some of the tangible
activities made by the federation during the past year” the president
said in his address.

The president said that his trips to regions across the country were part
of the preparations for the country’s sub-regional football leagues which
will be inaugurated in 2016.

He said that the registration of 800 children between the ages of 9-14 was
a significant step forward and was part of SFF’s grassroots development
schemes for the next four years.

The realization of one of our long-existed dreams was to televise our
matches live. Although it needs much investment, I promise to you that we
will continue broadcasting the most important matches live until we will
finally reach our target which is to get every Somali league match
screened live” the president said.

He thanked the world football’s governing body FIFA for its continued
support, adding that the development projects in the country were vital
for helping the growth of football in the war-weary country.

The president explained that his federation developed relationships and
cooperation with FIFA, CAF and CECAFA.

“In 2015 with the help from FIFA we implement our first technical centre
and next year we plan to complete the construction of our
headquarters—this will be the first ever SFF-owned building to use as
headquarters” president Abdiqani Said Arab said during his prolonged
address.

“As I promised to you a year ago, accountability and transparence are our
working policy and we will continue on that way” the president told the
congress members.

ACTIVITY REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT

During the day-long annual general meeting, the SFF secretariat displayed
a complete activity report for the year 2015.

Senior vice president and the chairman of financial committee Ali Abdi Mohamed made a financial statement of the year, while the treasury displayed the 2015 financial report which was fully welcomed by the congress.
The Congress also approved the 2016 budget with a unanimous vote.

However, the congress members were fully satisfied with the transparency
und the accountability shown by the SFF executive committee under the
leadership of president Abdiani Said Arab.

The congress also commended the Federation for the unprecedented achievements made in the country so far.

Collins Okinyo

Ex- CAF Media Expert. An expert on African football with over 15 years experience ,always with an ear to the ground with indepth knowledge of the game. I have worked for top publications including 7 years at www.supersport.com until i founded www.soka25east.com to quench the thirst of football lovers across the continent. I have trained young upcoming journalists who are now a voice in African football.I have covered World Cup,AFCON,CHAN,Champions League,Confederations Cup,Cecafa,Cosafa,Wafu and many other football tournaments across the World. Founder Football Africa Arena(FAA),Founder www.afrisportdigital.com