MOGADISHU (Halbeeg News) – A conference between federal and regional state finance ministers is expected to be concluded today in Mogadishu.
The conference which kicked off on Monday has focus on the stand off between the federal and regional state ministers.
The contentious issues including the budget support provided by donars to Somali government.
Late last month, Ministers from all Federal Member States had severed ties with the Federal Ministry of Finance, citing failure by the Federal Government to keep its word on implementation of previous agreements regarding revenue allocation.
Puntland, Galmudug, Jubaland, South West and Hir-Shabelle finance ministers said that they were ceasing cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Finance ‘until such time the Federal Finance Minister returns to the framework of law and being enforcing the implementation of the terms of agreements.’
The ministers mentioned five agreements which they said the Federal dMinistry had gone against it world.
The agreements are Th Addis Ababa Agreement, Nairobi Agreement, Kismayo Agreement, Mogadishu agreement and Kampala Agreement. The substance of the agreements was not immediately clear.
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