Somali football federation senior vice president, Ali
Abdi Mohamed, who addressed at the closing ceremony of the course on Wednesday,
said that the need for education is always there.
"Education and development are two things which are
always important for the humans, because we are people and people must always
think about their development. Somali football federation is always prioritizing
education and progress and that is why development courses are held by the
federation” Mr. Mohamed said before handing over the microphone to SFF
president, Abdiqani Said Arab.
The president thanked FIFA for helping Somalia football to develop despite the difficult situation in the country. "Thanks to FIFA for always giving particular considerations to our requests for development, FIFA was always and is still investing Somalia football in many ways” Somali Football Federation [SFF] president, Abdiqani Said Arab noted during his closing speech.
"As shown in our activity plans, local competitions in
the country will increase by 2017. Like so, SFF is planning to increase the
quality and quantity of football referees in Somalia, because to organize more
competitions, we have to increase the number of our referees first and that is
why we have been organizing more local and international level refereeing
courses for the past two years” the president explained.
"In our football history it has never happened that two
FIFA-level refereeing courses were held in Somalia within a year and we are planning
to increase this again with the help from FIFA, because refereeing is a very
important sector in the football industry and we are committed to developing
that important sector” president Abdiqani Said Arab noted.
The course brought together some 30 young age referees
from across the country and they were all awarded with their certificates
except two referees who failed in fitness test.
Somali Football Federation Media Department