MOGADISHU (Kaab TV) – On Thursday, October 2, the Federal Government of Somalia dismissed the Accountant General, Abdirahman Mohamed Anas, who had held the position since April 2023.
In the same cabinet meeting, ministers announced the appointment of Mohamed Mohamud Abdulle (known as Mohamed Dheere) as the new Accountant General of the Federal Government.
Anas, for his part, had earlier announced that he had resigned in August 2025, though he remained in the post until the government formally appointed his successor.
“I, Abdirahman Mohamed Anas, would like to express my sincere gratitude to the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, for entrusting me with this important responsibility. It has been an honor to serve in this role, which I did not seek but was chosen for by the President,” said Anas.
“I would like to clarify that my decision to step down was entirely personal. I formally submitted my resignation to the President on August 31, 2025, to allow sufficient time for a smooth transition,” he added.
I formally submitted my resignation to the President on August 31, 2025- Anas Wrote on his Facebook.
Who is Anas?
Abdirahman Mohamed Anas was previously a staff member at SIMAD University, working in the student finance department. There, he met Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, one of the university’s founders.
Anas also worked at Premier Bank, a financial institution in which President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reportedly has a stake.
He hails from the Shiikhaal Gendershe clan, one of the minority groups categorized under the so-called “0.5 clans.”
Tensions had been simmering for months between Anas and the Minister of Finance, Bihi Iman Ige, who is said to have close family ties with one of President Hassan Sheikh’s wives.
Sources within the Ministry of Finance told Kaab TV that the dispute began after Anas repeatedly blocked several financial requests signed by Minister Ige.
A similar conflict had also occurred earlier between Minister Ige and the Auditor General, Ahmed Guutaale, who both hail from different Hawiye sub-clans.
A senior official close to the Accountant General’s office told Kaab TV that several mediation efforts were made between Anas and Biixi Cige, but Anas insisted that either he or the minister must step down and that the cabinet should decide the matter.
The cabinet’s final decision was to remove Anas and replace him with Mohamed Dheere, a former Minister of Finance and Education in the Hirshabelle regional administration.
The New Accountant General
Mohamed Dheere, who twice served as a minister in the Hirshabelle administration, hails from the Hawiye/Hawaadle clan of the Hiiraan region.
He is described as a close ally of Farah Abdulkadir, the current Federal Minister of Education and a key member of the Damu Jadiid faction that currently dominates Villa Somalia.
The dismissal of the Accountant General comes at a time when both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — which had been providing budgetary support to Somalia — recently informed the government that they would suspend their financial assistance due to widespread corruption.
This decision coincides with reports of a missing $1 billion, allegedly raised from the sale of public land acquired through forced evictions in Mogadishu, which President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is accused of personally appropriating.