Ministry Plans To Set Up A Website as Community Complains Lack of Network
The Eastern Equatoria State cabinet has endorsed a proposal by the state Information and Telecommunications Minister Felix Otuduha Siro to establish a government website to provide up to date information on state government. 26 November 2012 State Information and Telecommunications Minister Felix Otuduha Siro. [Gurtong | File] By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 26 November 2012 [Gurtong] – The government spokesperson, Felix Otuduha Siro said the purpose is to keep important information for the state government and provide updates to the public in form of news bulletins. He revealed the website will undergo the design work and is expected to be launched in the coming months. The prime objective is to include the entire minister’s and ministries profiles and will be accessible and open to the public and provide news and information about present and upcoming events. “We hope as the government of the state, this website will provide our public a tool they need to discover like essential information they are looking for. We will continue to improve the content and access of information to the public accordingly,” he said. He said the site shall be monitored and run by his ministry in close collaboration with the state secretariat. Meanwhile, Lopit Community from Lopa and Lafon County in Eastern Equatoria State has appealed to the telecommunications companies set up telephone boosters to enhance communication services in their territory. They say the whole county has never had any telephone communication services because of no single company have delivered services to the area since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. The community says that because of this problem, businesspersons, Non Governmental Organizations and government employees have become reluctant visiting the area to provide other needed services to inhabitants. Hon. Severino Maira Janus representing Constituency No. 5, Lopit North at the state parliament informed the state assembly that Lopa and Lafon County is the only county in Eastern Equatoria State in particular and in the Republic of South Sudan in general which is disconnected from the state headquarters, national capital and the outside world in terms of communication. Posted in: Home, Governance, Lifestyle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
