Fowsiyo: allegations of corruption/ theft put forth by YUSUR

[FarhanYare]

Somalia’s former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mrs. Fawzia Y. H. Adam has strongly denied allegations made by former Somali central bank governor Yusur Abrar who accused Mrs. Adam of putting pressure on her to open an account in Dubai to use it for stealing money, according to a report recently published by Reuters.

Mrs. Adam, Somalia’s first ever female to hold a top government post, said in a press statement of which HOL obtained a copy, that the graft allegations published by Reuters on her were libelous.

“I would like to state here the facts about allegations by Reuters regarding the above mentioned graft which have recently been circulating in the international and local media were baseless and I condemn it in the strongest terms possible,” Mrs. Fawzia Y. H. Adam said in her press statement.

“Under the above heading, Reuters reported that ‘The sources said that according to Ms. Abrar (ex-Governor of Somali Central Bank), the former Foreign Minister (myself) had pressed her to open a bank account in Dubai against her wishes. Abrar resigned without opening it,” she noted in the press statement.


Former Governor of Somali Central Bank Ms. Yusur Abrar - Photo HOL
The statement said that Ms. Abrar, the former Governor of the Central Bank, had been strongly supported by the former Deputy Prime minister to get Abrar take such position as Governor precisely since Mrs. Adam wanted to see an experienced female in that high position to oppose graft (corruption).

Mrs. Adam said, as Reuters stated correctly, Ms. Abrar resigned only seven weeks after she was appointed to the post, however, out of those seven weeks Ms Abrar spent only four days working in the Central Bank(Evidence can be obtained from the Central Bank in Mogadishu).

“According to Reuters, Ms. Abrar has claimed that I have pressured her to open an account in Dubai. However, the fact is that the account was in the process of being opened by the former Assistant Minister of Finance of Somalia and he wanted the new Governor of the Central Bank to co-sign with him. The purpose for opening this account was due to the lack of a SWIFT code for the Central Bank to receive transactions from overseas at that time,” the statement noted.

The statement added that Ms. Abrar was in fact asked by the Assistant Minister of Finance to co-sign with him the account, in order to involve the Central Bank in all transactions. The Assistant Finance Minister confirmed that he was waiting for Ms. Abrar for 4 days in Dubai to finalize the matter.

Mrs. Fawzia Y. H. Adam said in her press statement that her role in the process was just to pass the message from the Assistant Finance Minister to Ms. Abrar, that he was waiting for her in Dubai to co-sign the aforementioned account.

“Ms. Abrar’s positive response to me is also available as further evidence. There was no pressure and/or request whatsoever from myself to Ms. Abrar to open any account, but just to co-sign the aforementioned account which the Government needed to deposit some economic aid to pay its Government employees,” Mrs. Fawzia Y. H. Adam said in her press statement.

“Furthermore, according to Reuters, Ms. Abrar claimed that I have pressured her to sanction contracts – again this is a baseless allegation. For the record, neither me nor the President pressured Ms. Abrar to open an account in Dubai or sanction any contracts. The documentary evidence supporting all the above is available upon request,” added the former Deputy Prime Minister and foreign affairs minister of Somalia.

Mrs. Fawzia Y. H. Adam was also very critical of Reuters for its role, stating that this story implicating her in graft was completely one-sided.

“Further, Reuters has made no attempt whatsoever to contact me to obtain the facts on their story. I shall be seeking legal advice on this matter,” the former top-ranking female official emphasized in her press statement.

[Tanker]

Baboon Fowsiyo is angry over being exposed

[BlackRain]

Fowsiyo waa naagteedi. Walawayn lacagtii bay ka dhamaysay. Hada Nairiobi bay ku baashaalaysaa

[Niya]

How hard is it to grasp what Yusur was concerned was about processes and methods that were not in place, but nevertheless people just want to circumvent it and take the shortcut with total disregard to accountability or check and balance system. Who was the assistant Minister? I am glad the Finance Minister ....the MJ guy was nothing more than a token figure-head.

[SummerRain]

How hard is it to grasp what Yusur was concerned was about processes and methods that were not in place, but nevertheless people just want to circumvent it and take the shortcut with total disregard to accountability or check and balance system. Who was the assistant Minister? I am glad the Finance Minister ....the MJ guy was nothing more than a token figure-head.

Granted her concerns were legitimate, it wouldn't have been better had she stood her ground and proceeded to be a game changer. Her blowing the whistle on something as clear as daylight really is counter-productive and hindered any goals she could have set for the institution. She should have addressed the issues that exist and along with it put forth a game plan to fix it.

[SultanOrder]

How hard is it to grasp what Yusur was concerned was about processes and methods that were not in place, but nevertheless people just want to circumvent it and take the shortcut with total disregard to accountability or check and balance system. Who was the assistant Minister? I am glad the Finance Minister ....the MJ guy was nothing more than a token figure-head.

Granted her concerns were legitimate, it wouldn't have been better had she stood her ground and proceeded to be a game changer. Her blowing the whistle on something as clear as daylight really is counter-productive and hindered any goals she could have set for the institution. She should have addressed the issues that exist and along with it put forth a game plan to fix it.

More like asked to resign if she wasn't cooperative and or killed before she could be a "game changer".

[original dervish]

What about the claims made by her diplomatic staff in Nairobi....that Fowsiya has millions of Dollars meant for opening diplomatic missions?
Furthermore.....why was she involved in "passing messages" to the Governor?
This was a matter for the finance ministry......not foreign ministry.

[Meyle]

Why is the government of Somalia employing people from a different country? Both Yussur and Fosiya are from Somaliland and instead of giving them jobs why not employ the thousands of university graduates that live in Somalia?

[BigBreak]

Why is the government of Somalia employing people from a different country? Both Yussur and Fosiya are from Somaliland and instead of giving them jobs why not employ the thousands of university graduates that live in Somalia?

dirty waqooyi foreigners are shamefully milking money when such cash can be used to help the native people end their nightmare of war, terrorism and statelessness

[original dervish]

Maybe they're diverting money to s/l......you'd be in favour of that wouldn't you?.....hypocrite!

[Meyle]

Maybe they're diverting money to s/l......you'd be in favour of that wouldn't you?.....hypocrite!

The only hypocrite in here is you. Fosiya and Yussur can't return to Somaliland unless they ask for forgiveness, so why would they divert money to SL, it doesnt even make sense.

[original dervish]

Are you thick or something?
Fowsiya has been to s/l loads of times.

[Meyle]

That's before she became the FM of Somalia.

[Hodan94]

Are you thick or something?
Fowsiya has been to s/l loads of times.

lmao that's not possible, but if it were the case... she's better than your uncle galaydh who spent the cash he stole from a sugar factory during the kacaan to buy farms in America...

[original dervish]

^^^You've got no credibility......you'd defend the shaytaan if he was iidoor.