Yei Mayor Urges Communities To Be Creative Yei Municipal Council Mayor Cecilia Tito Oba has told the communities of Yei Quarter Councils to be creative at all levels. 14 February 2014 Yei Municipal Council Mayor Cecilia Tito Oba calls for creativity at all levels. [Gurtong| Petia Suliman Loro]
By Petia Suliman Loro *YEI, 14 February 2014 (Gurtong)-* She made the appeal during an assessment tour to the quarters during which she was accompanied by her other municipal officials. The tour was aimed at introducing the Quarter Councils' communities to the new development of upgrading the former Yei town Payam into a municipal Council and assessing the communities' needs and demands that may require urgent and future government intervention. Ms Oba the communities to create more self-help development projects, establishing community based schools, forming themselves into cooperatives Societies to benefit from the State Cooperative society launched last week by the Central Equatoria State Government. She also urged the youth and the entire communities not to undermine casual work, saying most youth today ignore petty jobs on the market in search of white collar jobs which are scarce to get and may also require high experience which some lack. The mayor said there are a lot of economic activities and opportunities in Yei as she encouraged the populace to maximize such opportunities rather than blaming the foreigners for grabbing the opportunities from the nationals. During the assessment the officials found out that, insecurity, land grabbing, border conflict between Lainya County and the Municipality, poor fider roads, bridges, poor quality schools, lack of clean safe drinking water, poor health centers, lack of recreational centers for the youth, illegal exploitation of natural forests are the main challenges facing the rural quarter councils. The Municipal Council Councilors also voiced their concern about their remunerations, as they are working on voluntary bases. This could be the reason for poor performance of councilors at the rural Quarter Councils. The Mayor said, the Municipality would look into this issue and design some token of appreciations to motivate the councilors. Municipal Authority also said they are planning to add more three town blocks and quarter councils to the already existing one Town block and six quarter Councils in Yei municipality as required by the Local Government policy. Ms Oba warned individuals interfering in the affairs of the Municipal Council to keep a distance. She encouraged all the citizens and development partners to support the government in all aspects to boost development in the country. Yei Town was granted a municipality in 2013 after reports showed a rapidly population growth in the Town. 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> , Featured Stories<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/137/Featured-Stories.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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orLNs4n49BTJnUB_Wh5f%2BfVqUYdKi-X4NDBUY8PgM%3D%3Dig%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
