WBGS Meets Traders To Discuss On Economic Crisis Western Bahr el Ghazal State Government, WBGS officials and traders held an effective consultation meeting highlighting on the looming economic crisis in the State soon after South Sudan’s cessation referendum on January.22 June 2011 Traders and WBGS Government officials discussing on the economic crisis [©Gurtong]By James Deng Dimo WAU, 22nd June, 2011 [Gurtong] - Western Bahr el Ghazal State Government, WBGS officials and traders held an effective consultation meeting highlighting on the looming economic crisis in the State soon after South Sudan’s cessation referendum on January.
The meeting was held at the State’s Head of Ministerial Council Peace Hall where participants discussed on the long north economic sanction against the south causing high commodity prices and to find ways of easing these challenges on the south traders. The government called on the traders to partner with them and find solutions on how to impose the sanction. Other key dignitaries present in the meeting were the State Governor, Hon. Rizik Zackaria Hussan; Mores Yol Akol the State Minister of Finance and Peter Miskin the Minister of Legal Affairs. Among the officials was Division 5 SPLA commander Andrea Dominic Makol; State Police Commander Abraham Manyuat Peter; Wau County Commissioner Angelo Taba, and State Traders Commerce Chairperson Wol Charles Aleu. Governor Hussan affirmed the State traders that their safety was now at the hands of State government and expressed his heartfelt sympathy over the last weekend attack in the market which left one person dead. Hussan assured northern traders operating in the State that after the south declaration of independence; any northern traders who appeals for citizenship will be granted with the nationality ID card, and should have full equal rights as a southern citizen. He also called for free movement between the north and southern traders for economic benefits and stability between the two States. “If the sanction continues, I shall call upon all traders operating in Western Bahr el Ghazal State to exports goods from other neighboring Countries,” the governor affirmed. A trader indentified as Amed Ismile, called on the State government to reduce high taxes since it was a long struggle to deliver goods in the State. “With many more roads blocks, we pay a lot of money along the way to the State… we may not recover from our loss if we did not raise the prices,” Ismile said. The traders urged the State government to offer them more security in order to stop a repetition of what happened last weekend at the Jaw market where a trader, Edward Gabriel, was killed by an assailant. The State Minister of Finance, Trade and Industry, Hon. Mores Yol Akol told Gurtong exclusively that WBGS had formed a committee involving traders that highlighted on importing basic commodities from East African Countries. Posted in: Home, Business -- 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.
