Governor Suspends Top Government Officials Over SSP9.9m Disappearance The governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBGS) has issued suspension letters to his top government officials in connection with disappearance of about SSP10m from the government's Ivory Bank account in the state. 22 February 2014
By Abraham Agoth *AWEIL, 22 February 2014-* Paul Malong's action follows complaints from various ministries and organized forces about delay of their salaries. The governor suspended the government's Secretary General, Hon. Garang Kuot Kuot and State Ministry of Finance's Director General, Sabrino Majok Majok. The two are incidentally said to be close associates of the governor. Others suspended are: the Director of Accounts in the Finance Ministry Paulino Dauand the ministry's senior accountant Abraham Garang Garang. According to the lists of money-tracking obtained by security sources, accountants and cashiers of various ministries are suspected to have withdrawn this money. Valentino Makuc Chan, an accountant in the local government's ministry has five consecutive *cheque-Nos- 600, 607, 630,638 *and *640 *all amounting to *4, 562, 520*, while an Ivory Bank branch manager has *cheques nos-629, 631, 634* amounting to *1, 844, 000.* Besides, a *cheque no. 480 *was issued to the manager of Hong-panda company said to be owned by former Secretary General, Garang Kuot. The rest of the remaining figures are said to be with few cashiers and other individuals who were allegedly used as scape goats. However, among the 23 suspects accused of this dealt, 14 members including government's Secretary General, Director General, senior finance ministry's accountants are currently held in the custody by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The latest reports reveal that SG and DG who both joined state government in 2010 are deeply involved in the dubious deal and were caught preparing fly abroad as the two hold American and Canadians nationalities too. Last week, the governor denied the allegations that he was involved in scum and vowed to get to the root of it and bring the culprits to book. The group currently under detention is accused of providing billions of loans to the government every month used to pay the entire state. 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/CAJb14opL%3D9xWAS88DKiMeKQHH09EdL1mv56k1DEFHwmDpRZ4_w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
