The Somali National Olympic Committee has presented a high level special recognition award to Somali police force Chief.
Somali sports minister Suleyman Olad Roble (left), NOC president Aden Hajji Yabarow (centre), and General Abdi Hassan Awale who was honoured for his decades-long contribution to Somali sport. Photo/ Salad Idow Hassan SSPA Member
By Shafici Moyaddin Abokar First Vice-president and Head of International Relations, SSPA
The Somali National Olympic Committee has presented a high level special recognition award to Somali police force Chief, General Abdi Hassan Awale nicknamed "Qebydiid", during a well organized ceremony which took place at a national police traffic workshop in Mogadishu on Tuesday.
Somali Olympic Committee president Aden Hajji Yabarow who addressed the ceremony said that General Qeybdiid deserved the prestigious award because of his efforts in fighting against drugs, developing sport, peace and public integration in the lawless Horn of Africa nation.
Somali NOC honors nation's police chief
The Somali National Olympic Committee has presented a high level special recognition award to Somali police force Chief.