Abdusalam H. Omer

Omer subsequently taught American politics, public and personnel administration, budgeting and program evaluation to undergraduates at the University of Tennessee.

Omer subsequently joined the Prince William County capital improvement projects, where he worked over three years as a management and budget analyst.

He also provided guidance and support to the agency directors and deputy mayors, maintained political relations with Congress and the Council, fielded concerns of local constituents, liaised with the national media, and developed performance benchmarks, strategic planning, and other aspects of the overall policy agenda of the District of Columbia.

While acknowledging that the new national leadership presented an opportunity for change, the panel also suggested that the Bank was operating as a patronage system for government officials.

[10] Omer described the charges as an attempt to discredit the nation's budding financial institutions and him personally as the new Governor of the Central Bank, and called for an audit by Transparency International.

Shortly afterwards, the Somali authorities hired forensic accountants from FTI Consulting, Inc. and a legal team from the US firm Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, PA to investigate the charges.

In September 2013, the Somali government announced that the auditors had found that the methodology and conclusions of the SEMG report's Annex 5.2 were "deeply flawed and entirely unreliable."

They also requested that the United Nations Security Council publicly sanction the SEMG for failing to adhere to and apply the UN's internal fact-finding standards.

[12] On 13 September 2013, Omer resigned as governor of the Central Bank of Somalia a few hours after the presidential office informed him that changes would be made at the institution.

[15] In February 2015, Foreign Minister Omer met with the Ambassador of Djibouti to Somalia Dayyib Doubad Robleh at his office in Mogadishu.

The two statesmen therein discussed various bilateral matters, notably the Djibouti Armed Forces contingent within AMISOM, which was stationed in Beledweyne and other parts of the Hiraan province.

He therein signed a trilateral agreement stipulating that the governments of Somalia, Djibouti and Ethiopia would enhance their support for the Somali federal government-led security operations against the Al-Shabaab militant group.

According to Sharmarke, the treaty aims to accelerate the ongoing reconstruction and development process in Somalia and to buttress local job creation.

Among the agreement's stipulations, Qatar Airways is scheduled to begin making flights to the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu.

[19][20] In March 2015, Omer met with Foreign Affairs Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at his office in Abu Dhabi.

[21] In March 2015, Omer was part of a Federal Government of Somalia delegation led by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, which attended the 26th Arab League summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

[22] The delegates were received at the local airport by President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and League of Arab States representatives.

In response to a call from President of Yemen Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi for Arab League cooperation in stabilizing the situation, he and Mohamud also reaffirmed Somalia's support for the legitimacy of the incumbent Yemeni government and its anti-terrorist efforts.

[23][24] Omer also officially confirmed that the Somali federal government had permitted the Saudi-led forces to use Somalia's airspace, territorial waters and land for the counter-insurgency effort in Yemen.

[23] The approval came after Somalia had leased its airspace to Arab states of the Persian Gulf, with Bosaso in the northeast and Berbera in the northwest scheduled to be used by the coalition forces due to their proximity to Yemen.

As part of the treaty's stipulations, $13 million in Chinese funds will be earmarked for reconstruction and development initiatives in the economy, health, education and infrastructure sectors in Somalia.

According to Ambassador Wei Hongtian, the Chinese authorities are slated to continue their support for the Somali government's stabilizations efforts.

[30] In April 2015, Omer met in Nairobi with Foreign Minister of Kenya Amina Mohamed to discuss Somali business interests in the country.

The officials touched on the license suspension of 13 Somali-owned remittance firms earlier in the month, which the Kenyan government had imposed in the wake of the Garissa University College attack.

According to Omer, he pointed out that the suspended money transfer companies were run by taxpaying citizens of Kenya, so the governmental decree would most immediately impact the local Somali community.

The officials discussed various bilateral matters, including the counterinsurgency operation in Somalia against the Al-Shabaab militant group, facilitating the evacuation of Somali expatriates in Yemen due to the Houthi conflict, trade, and investment.

Additionally, he highlighted the general progress made in terms of state-building, and emphasized his administration's focus on the political, economic and security sectors.