Governor Says National Government Violates Agreement on Revenue Distribution The Central Equatoria State Governor Clement Wani Konga has accused the Central government of violating the transitional constitution on its mandate on distribution of the revenue to the state governments. 05 December 2013
*By Waakhe Simon Wudu* *JUBA, 05 December 2013 [Gurtong] –* Konga said on Tuesday that the central government has failed to adhere to requisites of the deal reached between the states and the national government last year on how the distribution of the resources should be allocated. “The implementation of the centralized shared revenue in May 2012, and the grant transfers from the National Government have not only been insufficient but also irregular and on decline,” Konga told his state legislators and ministers. “It is true that the fiscal allocation from the National Government is not consistent with the National Transitional Constitution 2011 and State Transitional Constitution, 2012 (schedule B, item 35 and 36),” said Konga. Last year following the shutdown of the country’s oil production, the national government decided to centralize the revenue collections in the states and agreed a deal with the states - after collection of the revenue by officials of the national government, and then the states are given their shares. However, Konga said the national government is not respecting the binding deal on how the distribution of the resources to the states should be. He explained that, following the centralization in 2012 May, there has been continues reduction on the distribution. He said in June 2012, CES received 7million SSP, July 6 million SSP, August 6 million SSP, September 5 million SSP, October 4million SSP, November 4million SSP and December 4 million SSP. Before the centralization of the revenue collections, the state was getting much higher than the allocations from the national government. Months ago, Konga has threatened to cancel the deal with the national government and called for adjustments. He said the meager allocations to the states is affecting service delivery taking the population hosted in Juba as the national capital, adding the state relies heavily on revenue collections. He has further appealed to the national government to improve on the allocations. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx> -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oo_%3DnKww8WF0KBugLWT93CK%3D7w0KGkSNbCMFqbC2dc%3Duw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
