Minister emphasises structured coordination in civil services JUBA, 15 May 2013 - The acting national Minister for Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development, Hon Kwong Danhier Gatluak, has underscored the need for the different levels of the civil service to adopt a coordinated approach in tackling challenges hindering the delivery of public services.
Hon Kwong said the civil service in South Sudan was faced with various challenges particularly in the areas of policy, legal and regulatory frameworks; institutional and human capacities, and; infrastructure, adding that these problems could not be addressed without cooperation between the national and state government levels. “Within the provisions of Transitional Constitution, the national government mainly plays a regulatory role while the state and local governments have implementation and service delivery responsibilities,” said the Minister. Hon Kwong made the remarks after he officially opened a three-day states Strategic Meeting for Ministers of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development at a Juba hotel. The meeting which is the first of its kind seeks to among other foster the standardisation and application of human resource management and development processes; promote collaboration and coordination on matters of service delivery in addition to addressing human resource development issues. “The workshop will further enable participants to get orientation on Records Management as a key function in the national and state Ministries of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development,” said Hon Kwong. The Minister said the government had saved millions of South Sudanese pounds by getting rid of ghost workers in its payroll. He said that the South Sudan Electronic Payroll System Phase II (SSEPS) which came into effect in April this year, civil servants’ salaries were being remitted directly to their bank accounts. The SSEPS II has been adopted for payment of salaries to civil servants at national and state government levels. Reported by Alnour Ango and Simon Owaka Ten students awarded educational scholarship by PETRONAS JUBA, 15 May 2013 - The petroleum operating company in South Sudan, PETRONAS, has awarded scholarship to ten South Sudanese students to study in the Petronas University, the Universiti Teknologi Petronas in Malaysia. Announcing the scheme at Home and Away in Juba recently Mr. Utong Joseph who represented the chairman of PETRONAS in South Sudan, said he is optimistic upon graduation, the beneficiaries will contribute to the development of the young county. “We hope the beneficiaries of this scholarship will one day come and contribute to this nation,” he said. Mr. Utong who described the scholarship as a cornerstone his company is committed to continue supporting the students to learn more skills in various oil fields. He hailed the Ministry of Petrolieum and Mining in conjunction with the Ministry of Higher Education for their cooperation as they are looking forward to training more students in the oil sector. Mr. Utong further urged the government to establish a Petroleum Technological Institute in the country to minimize the costs of sending students abroad. The Director General for Training and External Relations in the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Benjamin Gabriel said the ministry has signed contracts with Chinese companies to build the national universities. He affirmed Ministry’s plan to improve on the Petroleum Technical Institute in Bentiu, Unity State in the near future to provide effective training for the students in the country. On his side, the Undersecretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, Hon. Machar Aciek Ader thanked PETRONAS for the spirit of assistance and urged the students to take their education seriously if they are benefit from the scheme. Reported by Yang Bang Deng, News Agency of South Sudan (NASS) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
