Returnee’s Settlement Top Agenda in a Unity Sate – NGOs Meeting A high level meeting was held on Friday with a key agenda on settlement of returnees by the Government of Unity State, National and International Non Governmental Organizations operating in the State.28 February 2011 Unity State Officials and NGOs in partnership meeting at Bentiu. [©Gurtong] By Luk Riek Nyak
BENTIU, 25 February 2011 (Gurtong) - The meeting was held following the outcome of December 2010 meeting, chaired by Deputy Unity State Governor H.E William Daud Riek and other cabinet members regarding a demonstration organized by the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) Youth League on the security incidents that occurred at Karsana and Higlig over detained citizens suffering in the bush by Meseriya. Other agendas included; Education, Health, Water and Sanitation, Food security and deployment of more police force to the named settlement areas. During the meeting, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources committed to provide clean drinking water to the returnees located at new Bentiu while the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure to provide land to all returnees who want to settle in the State Capital. “All the Ministers and the authorities concerned should always attend this partnership forum for discussion and action on pressing issues in the recovery and development of the State” said the deputy Governor. “There was need to assist all the returnees who are still suffering in the community”, Riek added. The minister of Finance, Trade and Industry H.E. Thomas Jal Thomas also stressed that; the 2011 budget would create more employment opportunities for the qualified returnees and more teachers. Jal added that 15 tractors were on the way in addition to the existing 39 ones to help the community cultivate their land. The Director General, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure added that more than 3,000 plots had already been surveyed for the free allocation of returnees who are coming from Khartoum. The meeting shall be held every month by the Unity State Government and the NGOs to address issues on Communication gap and Transparent sharing of the vital information. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
