
Somalia sports minister Should resigns over corruption allegation.
Somalia’s sports minister Hamza Said Hamza should resigned immediately after being accused of stealing. ($1.8 million) in public money, UNFPA and FIFA
Youth and Sports Minister Hamza is member of Parliament, He want to focus on his re-election and will do anything possible to be re-elected.
Somali Football Federation [SFF] and Minister Hamza were. blamed for the national team’s loss to Oman on Sunday, in a match that showed quality glimpses for a team that rarely trains or plays fitness matches but is expected to compete with the rest of the world.
Ahmed Said Asanyo, ex-captain of the Somali football team, who was among the players who lost the game against Oman last night, was quick to strike a blow at football administrators in the country, the accusing of gross incompetence.
By his own admission, the team deserved more, but it was led by football leaders in Somalia, arguing that the federation has never facilitated training for almost two years now for national team players.
“Oman didn’t beat us, the Somali Football Federation and minister Hamza beat us” I’m very disappointed with the result today, the boys worked hard, we deserved more, today we didn’t lose to Oman, we lost to the Somali Football Federation and minister Hamza, “the former captain said.
Hamza is also the second minister in President Farmaajo’s Cabinet to be named in a graft case after former sports minister Khadija Dirie , who received two hundred thousand dollars in cash for involvement in a bribery case related to renovate Stadium Mogadishu.
The cases, which underline Somalia’s challenge in changing its graft-ridden image, have threatened the credibility of Farmaajo , whose recently his term expired after trying to be re-elected again and campaigning for clean governance.
Somalia ranked number 1 out of 175 countries in the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International.