Mareeg.com-Somali Football Federation (SFF) has denounced a report by a local and
unreliable radio website on SFF president Abdiqani Said Arab’s recent
trip to FIFA which the SFF termed as a defamatory, unreal and imaginary
propaganda.
“The president has recently travelled to Zurich where he attended the
meeting of the FIFA organizing committee for competitions. The sole
objective for his travel to FIFA was to attend that meeting as he is
member of the committee and it is unfortunate that a local radio which
is known for its involvement in the violence in the country has
published a false report on the president’s trip to Zurich” Somali
Football Federation, said in a statement on Tuesday.
“We can confirm that the president was not questioned by FIFA as the
so-called local radio website has reported. This radio has been known
for taking part in the country’s insecurity and violence instigation and
has never reported on any sport in Somalia” the SFF said in the
statement.
“The SFF expressed its discontentment with Allafrica.com which doesn’t
examine what is right and what is wrong, but instead continues to quote
some of the so-called news websites in Somalia” Somali Football
Federation said in its statement.
“The media are free to report on what is really taking place, but the
principles and the laws of journalism should be applied and the rights
of any one shouldn’t be infringed on” Somali Football Federation
statement added.
Somali Football Federation Media Department
Email:info@somsoccer.com
