Somali teen politely declines deputy commissioner job

A 16-year-old student in Somalia has rejected a request for him to become a deputy commissioner of the southeastern state of Hirshabelle.
Feisal Abdullahi Omar was asked by the states’s Minister for Internal Affairs Mohamed Ali Adle.
He said that the appointment came after people visited his father and asked them to propose a representative for a clan seminar.
As I was waiting for the seminar, I got the appointment letter from the minister who was delivered through my father.
I was surprised.
” But he rejected the offer saying – saying he was not able to manage the post.
He added that there are serious challenges in his home region.
I fear for my own security… I am unable to take that responsibility because you have seen the insecurity in the country.
” Gambole is 50km (31 miles) west of Jowhar and is controlled by the al-Qaeda-linked militant group alShabab which has recently increased its attacks on government and African Union troops.