Mogadishu (Sunatimes) Somali journalists working in Mogadishu, One of the most dangerous terrains in the world have strongly opposed a so-called meeting convened by the former head of the National Union of Somali journalists (NUSOJ) Omar Faruk Osman.

NUSOJ has been seen by most of the Somali journalists as a corrupt organization, due to lack of transparent in its leadership and fraud of donations to the Somali journalists.

Most recently members of NUSOJ executive committee held a meeting in Mogadishu saying they sacked their leader, Omar Faruk, in line with their constitution. They described him as a corrupt leader, who made the organization as a one man NGO

The news spread thorough the international organization and donors, where Faruk has earned a name due to the lack of competition and that he had a foreign passport allowing him to go  to every conference, putting him on the list of the leaders of the African journalists, without a proper journalism back ground.

As suspicions of his own personality, his journalism profile and reports of corruption and concerns of lack of accountability by some international organizations have immediately emerged.

In an attempt to survive and mislead the funding sources Faruk is currently visiting Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

He invited the local journalists into a meeting he described as one renewing his term in office, which has already expired a year ago.

Unfortunate, as the journalists defied to obey his invitation he enrolled non journalist individuals paying them money, so that he can hold a fake meeting and will get scene photos and slogans aimed at again “pulling the wool over the international eyes”

“No leadership stays forever; you see what is going on in the Middle East and North Africa. People need change and we need change, Faruk must give up and leave,” said Abdi-azis Mohamud, a radio journalist based in Mogadishu.

Another journalist Fadumo Hashi said I was invited to attend a consultation meeting to pave the way for what I was told was another conferene, once I went there I walked out of the meeting because none of the people there was a journalist.

By Faduma Farah