# IGAD pledge for Bossaso Airport second phase in 2016

> Goobjoog News reported on 30 March 2016 that IGAD pledged support for the second phase of the Bossaso Airport expansion…

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 30 September 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Infrastructure and Services
- Tags: ports, utilities
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/igad-pledge-bossaso-airport-second-phase-2016

## Key points

- On 30 March 2016, Goobjoog News reported that IGAD pledged to support Puntland in the second phase of the Bossaso International Airport expansion.
- Puntland Minister of Civil Aviation Hassan Hajji Saeed told Goobjoog News that IGAD would handle the remaining phase of the renovation project.
- The report does not establish whether the second phase was funded, started or completed after 30 March 2016.

On 30 March 2016, Goobjoog News reported that the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) had pledged to support Puntland in the second phase of the Bossaso International Airport expansion.

According to the same report, IGAD Executive Secretary Ambassador Mahboub Maalim said during a visit to Garowe that IGAD will help to complete the second phase of the airport project. Puntland Minister of Civil Aviation Hassan Hajji Saeed told Goobjoog News that IGAD will handle the remaining phase of the renovation project.

That is the extent of the commitment as reported: a pledge and a stated intent to help. The report does not say IGAD funded the second phase, and it gives no scope, cost, funding source or timetable for it.

## What was completed, as reported

Goobjoog News reported that upgrading work at the airport completed early in 2016 and that the airport had been modernised to international standards. That characterisation is the publication's, not a certified or independently verified finding in the report.

The construction works took a year and were done by China Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC), according to the report. The scope it lists covers renovation of the runway, improvements for parking areas for both passenger and cargo planes, and car parking. No contract award record, contract value or start and end dates for those works appear in the report.

Goobjoog News also reported that the remaining phase would enhance the airport's capacity to handle increased air traffic from within the country and internationally. No measurement or figure behind that capacity claim is given.

## The funding claim and the reactions

On financing, Saeed said, per Goobjoog News: "IGAD has received financial assistance from European Union (EU) for Bossaso Airport upgrading project." That is an attributed statement. The report gives no amount, currency, disbursement date or EU documentation for it.

Puntland president Abdiweli Ali Gaas thanked IGAD for its commitment to Somalia's development goals, Puntland in particular, according to the report. Gaas said, per Goobjoog News: "This long expected visit highlights IGAD's commitment to the development of its member states, in particular economic infrastructure."

## What the 2016 report does not establish

The report does not establish what happened to the pledged second phase after 30 March 2016. It records no award, no contract, no start date, no cost and no completion for the IGAD-supported phase, and no document confirming the EU assistance it attributes to Saeed. Readers looking for the current status of the Bossaso runway, terminal or second phase will not find it in this report.

## Questions

### What did IGAD pledge for Bossaso Airport?

Goobjoog News reported on 30 March 2016 that IGAD pledged to support Puntland in the second phase of the Bossaso International Airport expansion, with IGAD Executive Secretary Ambassador Mahboub Maalim saying IGAD will help complete it.

### Did IGAD fund or start the second phase?

The report does not say so. It records a pledge and a stated intent to help. It gives no scope, cost, funding source or timetable, and does not say the phase was funded, started or completed.

### What did the first phase cover, as reported?

Per Goobjoog News on 30 March 2016, works done by China Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC) took a year and included runway renovation, improvements for passenger and cargo plane parking, and car parking. The report cites no contract award record or value.

## Sources

- [IGAD Pledges for Bossaso Airport Expansion](https://en.goobjoog.com/igad-pledges-for-bossaso-airport-expansion/) — Goobjoog News, 2016-03-30