W. Equatoria governor briefs county commissioners on South Sudan independence celebrations Article Comments (0) Email PrintSave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
June 28, 2011 (YAMBIO) – The governor of Western Equatoria, Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro has briefed the 10 county commissioners in his state on how to ensure the celebrations of South Sudan’s independence run smoothly on 9 July. WES Five commisioners attending the meeting with the state governor (ST) “We in the state need to host a peaceful celebration that every person should feel the day and make the long awaited history cheerful” the governor said. Sudan’s South will secede from the North after a referendum in January saw a huge majority vote for separation. Southern rebels - first Anyanya I from before independence in 1956 until 1972 then the SPLA 1983-2005 - fought against various Khartoum governments over political and economic marginalisation, identity, religion and laterly oil. Bakosoro urged all the ten county commissioners to engage all groups of people in the agenda of the celebration. He asked that veteran from Anyanya I be given high respect and honour to acknowledge their role on South Sudan’s road to self determination. “We should give more thanks to the various categories of people, especially the youth who voluntarily joined hands to fight seriously for the independence and the women for having sending food to the army in frontlines,” he said. Other issues discussed in the meeting included key messages to be delivered on independence day and the number of days to be celebrated. Bakosoro stated that according to the office of the president, his key messages will be sent to all the states then to counties. The meeting resolved that the state will celebrate the independence for four days starting from preparations on July 8, which has been scheduled a tree planting day until July 11. However he said the council of ministers will decide how many days shall be allocated for the celebration. The governor cautioned the county commissioners as heads of the counties to be security conscious especially with counties that are effected by Uganda rebels the Lord’s Resistance Army. “You should coordinate with all heads of organised forces to see to it that all villagers enjoy that day peacefully,” said the governor. Bakosoro revealed that the way forward after the independence is the focus of the state government still remains security until the people of the state are at peace. “In the next 5 months, the state should continue with the message of agriculture as top priority for WES to have sufficient food production,” lamented Bakosoro. He mentioned that, feeder roads and telecommunications are also in plan so that most areas of the state are connected to ease communications and security alerts. The governor said revenue collections will be strengthened since no country develops without taxations. “Trainings is underway to tax and rate collectors in the state being conducted by the Institute of Taxation from Tanzania in Yambio” disclosed the governor The commissioner of Nagero County Joseph Minaala who was present acknowledged the importance of the meeting saying it has come at the right time. “As we prepare for the independence people at grass root want to know how the day will be celebrated,” he said. Miniala disclosed that with the briefing the counties at large will be well informed on plans to host the upcomign historic day. Preparations are under way all over the states of southern Sudan for the celebration of the independence due on 9 July 2011. (ST) -- 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.
