At the end of consecutive meetings for the past several days the Somali Football Federation president Said Mahmoud Nur and the regional sports minister Mohamed Nur Hersi jointly announced at a press conference in Garowe late on Sunday that the regional football tournament for peace and development will kick off on 15th of December 2010.
The regional tournament will be hosted at the Mire Aware football stadium in the region’s provincial capital of Garowe with the Somali Football Federation president Said Mahmoud Nur describing the move of holding this regional tournament as “tangible and historic”.
“The main importance is to develop football in Somali regions and create public integration among the peoples who were disunited in the past twenty years of civil wars in
“On behalf of Somali Football Federation I am very grateful to the president of Puntland, his cabinet members and the people in the region for their acceptance to host this big football event in
For his part Puntland’s sports minister Mohamed Nur Hersi who held a joint press conference with the SFF president said that Somali Football Federation and his regional administration are cooperating on the implementation of this regional soccer tournament.
“The Puntland government will be responsible for the reservation and meals of the players and the delegates from regions, healthy care and the security, while the Somali Football Federation will pay for the air fair of players and the delegates fromregions, all football equipments, the precious trophy and rewards” the minister said.
He stated that Somali Football Federation will also rebuild the Mire Aware stadium in Garowe where the tournament will be held. “The construction will commence as soon as possible” he added.
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