Wau: Governor Briefs Journalists on Post-Referendum priorities. Western Bahr el Ghazal State Governor, Hon. Rizik Zackaria Hussen met with over 20 State Journalists at SSTV Offices to brief them on the Government achievements and key agenda after three months since the South Sudan's referendum. 26 March 2011 Wau: Governor Briefs Journalists on Post-Referendum priorities. Governor Rizik Zackaria (Centre) with other Officials in the press briefing, Wau [©Gurtong]
By James Deng Dimo WAU, 25th March, 2011 [Gurtong] - Western Bahr el Ghazal State Governor, Hon. Rizik Zackaria Hussen met with over 20 State Journalists at SSTV Offices to brief them on the Government achievements and key agenda after three months since the South Sudan's referendum. Speaking at the press conference late this week, Governor Zackaria informed journalists that the State government was working towards providing promised services to the community of Western Bahr el Ghazal at large. “We are working to support our people, the State will soon witness the changes and the new jobs to the residents since the Government has signed many investment contracts with foreign nations including the recent one with a Chinese Investment Company,” said Hussen. Hussen called upon them to take advantage of agriculture, cultivate their farms in order to reduce the devastating food shortages which have been causing high food prices in the State. He also mentioned that the State is drawing a massive plan to ensure that the recent returnees in the State gets land for settlement as he met last weekend with the UNHCR officials. He said that the recent returnees must be given a land in Eastern Bank where complex Schools will be located to them. He assured them that the State Ministry of Education is planning to recruit many more qualified teachers to alleviate the challenges facing academic performance in the State. The governor called upon securities bodies working in the State to be alert and firm against anyone holding weapons or guns in the town without legal permission from authorities concerned. “Those who will be holding guns are those who are assigned by authorities to carry out a certain assignment within the town,” Hussen added. Posted in: Home -- 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.
