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May 26, 2015 (BOR) - The state governor of Jonglei state, John Kong Nyuon has sacked his finance minister for his alleged involvement in corruption-related matters. Jonglei state governor John Kong addresses residents of Panwel village on 12 October 2014 (ST) The decree in which Dhano Obongo was removed came on Tuesday evening, although no reason was given for the governor’s surprise decision.A source at the finance ministry claimed Obongo allegedly diverted 300,000 South Sudanese pounds, which had been allocated for repairing state government vehicles.“We got clear information from someone who had witnessed the minister misusing state government funds. The minister wrote on an invoice indicating that the money would be used for repairing government vehicles, but after withdrew it. Indeed no vehicle was repaired and the money was no longer there in cash”, the finance ministry official, who preferred anonymity, told Sudan Tribune. The former finance minister had earlier been accused of allegedly utilising development funds initially allocated for the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA).A committee headed by the minister of livestock and fisheries, Nyang Lul was formed and tasked to investigate Obongo’s alleged involvement in corruption-related practices. The committee presented its report to the governor, which eventually resulted into the termination of the former finance minister, the source said.Both Lul and Obongo hail from Akobo county in Jonglei state.However, the state information minister claimed the committee’s findings did not in any way influence the former minister’s sacking. Meanwhile, Sudan Tribune was unable to reach Obongo, who was appointed by the state governor to oversee the finance ministry in May last year. (ST) -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- 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/CAJb14orfxSKpdboDDMEdH4j8jvxLjx4VH9wpEVrRPXHo7tfaAQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
