President Al-Zubaidi meets with Minister of Youth and Sports and a number of cadres of the ministry

SMA NEWS – ADEN THE CAPITAL
The President of the Southern Transitional Council, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, President Aidarous Qassem Al-Zubaidi, met in his office in the capital, Aden, on Wednesday, the Minister of Youth and Sports in the government, Nayef Saleh Al-Bakri, and a number of undersecretaries and general directors of the Ministry’s departments.
At the beginning of the meeting, President Al-Zubaidi welcomed Minister Al-Bakri and the attendees from the cadres of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, praising the efforts made by them to activate the sports aspect and enhance the presence of young people in various sports forums internally and externally.
The President Al-Zubaidi listened from the Minister of Youth and Sports, the representatives of the sectors, and the directors of the departments, to a full explanation of the ministry’s activity during the last period, in the sports field, and the aspect of sports projects and facilities in all governorates, and the ministry’s plans and programs for the coming period.
President Al-Zubaidi was also briefed, during the meeting, on the difficulties facing the ministry’s work in terms of weak revenues and support provided by the government side due to the failure of a number of governorates to supply the allocated percentages of their resources for the benefit of the Youth, and Youth and Sports Fund, and ways to solve this problem.
President Al-Zubaidi pointed out that the youth and sports sector is one of the important sectors, as it is concerned with the most important segment of society, and those who rely on them to lead the construction and development stage, stressing the need to design special programs and activities that enable them to unload their energies and highlight their talents and creativity, for the benefit of their homeland and societies.
President Al-Zubaidi affirmed the full readiness of the Presidential Leadership Council to provide all aspects of support to the ministry to continue its efforts to advance the youth and sports reality in all governorates, and the capital Aden in particular, and restore the sporting brilliance of its youth and clubs as the front of the country and the cradle of sports in the south, Yemen, and the Arabian Peninsula in general.
At the conclusion of his speech, President Al-Zubaidi stressed the need for sports to be a public outlet and a hotbed to unload the energies of all young people with their different orientations and tendencies, away from any political quarrels or partisan simulations, and as approved by the rules and regulations of international and continental federations and Olympic committees.
For his part, Minister Nayef Al-Bakri expressed his thanks and appreciation to President Al-Zubaidi for his interest and keenness to meet with the ministry’s cadre, and to provide him with the opportunity to listen to the problems and concerns of youth and athletes, and his continuous support for this important segment.