MOGADISHU, Somalia
Members of Somalia’s parliament voted unanimously on Saturday to donate 20% of their February salaries to victims of the dual earthquakes in Türkiye.
The parliament session, which was presided over by the second Deputy Speaker Abdullahi Omar Abshir, was held in Mogadishu’s closely fortified Villa Hargaisa and was attended by 150 lawmakers.
Abshir proposed that members of parliament vote after assembly with Speaker Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur, who additionally agreed to take part within the ongoing aid marketing campaign for earthquake victims in Türkiye.
“The chief department of presidency, businessmen, and different authorities establishments have already participated within the marketing campaign, and now it’s our flip,” he instructed the parliamentarians.
Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre had earlier introduced that the federal government would contribute $1 million to the aid marketing campaign and shaped a committee to gather donations from different establishments.
On Friday, Somali Bankers Affiliation Chairman Ahmed Shirwa introduced a $3 million donation on behalf of the enterprise group.
Moreover, two personal establishments in Somalia have donated 4 million Turkish lira (roughly $212,430) to Türkiye’s Catastrophe and Emergency Administration Presidency (AFAD).
Greater than 39,000 individuals have been killed by the 2 sturdy earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye, in accordance with official figures.
The 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude quakes have been centered in Kahramanmaras province and struck 10 different provinces — Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Kilis, Osmaniye, Elazig and Sanliurfa. Greater than 13 million individuals have been affected by the devastating quakes.
