May 18th “The SSC’s Earth Cleaning Day”

[Muslim Somali]

Seventeen years ago this month, the environmental issue came of age in SSC Regions life. , When May 18th, 1991, dawned, literally millions of SSC Regions people of all ages and from all walks of life participated in SSC Earth Cleaning Day celebrations from coast of Sanaag to Doollo Lake.

 

 

 

It was on that day that SSC people made it clear that they understood and were deeply concerned over the deterioration of their environment and the mindless dissipation of their resources. That day left a permanent impact on the politics of Somalia. It forcibly thrust the issue of environmental quality and resources conservation into the political dialogue of the Region. That was the important objective and achievement of SSC’s Earth Cleaning Day. It showed the political and opinion leadership of the Region that the people cared, that they were ready for political action, that the politicians had better get ready, too. In short, SSC’s Earth Cleaning Day launched the Environmental decade with a bang.

 

Now, seventeen years later, it has become popular in some circles to write the obituary of the region’s environmental movement, to refer to the passing of the "golden era" for Nationalism. It is asserted that public interest has waned, that new worries have captured attention that inflation, the bordering crisis, and Somalis conflict have superseded if not wiped out public concern over ”Unionists”.

 

Those who write that view are uninformed and far removed from the SSC’s Earth Cleaning Day scene or the politics surrounding it. In fact, the politics of nationalism are so pervasive, from the grass roots to the whole SSC Cities, that it is hard to believe even the most casual observer could miss it. To anyone who has paid attention, it is clear that the SSC’s Earth Cleaning Day movement now is far stronger, far better led, far better informed, and far more influential than it was ten years ago. Its strength grows each year because Somali’s people knowledge and understanding grow each year.

 

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[Muslim Somali]

It seems people of SSC had other things to do which is more important