Today, Yemeni Minister of Youth and Sports Nayef Al-Bakri discussed with SDRPY Aden Office Director Ahmed Al-Madkhali the most important needs and activities of the Saudi program in the field of sports projects, construction of facilities. and means of joint cooperation.
The Yemeni Minister of Youth and Sports praised the program’s efforts to support and restore sports facilities that were destroyed during the conflict in the temporary capital of Aden in the summer of 2015.
The official Yemeni News Agency (Saba) said that Minister Al-Bakri addressed a number of problems the ministry is suffering from in light of the lack of capacity and resources, as well as the Houthi militia’s monopoly on the Youth Welfare Fund’s capabilities, using them in the so-called war effort and depriving sports clubs in Yemen and its youth the opportunity to use them. Construction of sports facilities and halls.
For his part, the program office director indicated that SDRPY recently approved its $400 million support plan for new projects in Yemen, part of which is dedicated to supporting sports and youth, and is currently striving to implement many projects in accordance with the needs proposed by the ministry.