Africa-Press – South-Sudan. By Bida Elly David
The Commissioner of Yei river County yesterday called on citizens to return home to embrace peace and develop the County for economic and cultural development.
Years back, Citizens of Yei River County fled the place to refugee camps on exile due to the civil war that broke and resulted in the loss of lives and displacement of thousand people from most payams and Bomas.
Speaking to Juba Monitor yesterday, Aggrey Cyrus Kanyikwa, the County commissioner said that displacement of the people created economic and infrastructural turmoil since many places were deserted.
He said that Yei used to be among Counties of Central Equatoria State focused mainly in agricultural activities supplying Juba and other States with essential food commodities.
‘’I urge all domiciles for Yei River County to come back home and develop the place as well as embrace peace. It is known that the displacement of the people created economic and infrastructural turmoil since many places were deserted. Yei used to be among Counties of Central Equatoria State focused mainly in agricultural activities supplying Juba and other States with essential food commodities’’ Cyrus said
Furthermore, Cyrus reiterated that Yei was a place with natural soil fertility capable in running farming activities mainly natural vegetables, coffee, fruits, grains and many others for subsistence and commercial use.
He called on citizens who deserted Yei to Juba and other parts of South Sudan to return back to the County in order to enhance development activities to transform Yei to its former status.
However, he said that with the construction of Yei -Kaya and Yei -Juba roads, multiple trading activities would resume and those in exile would start coming back.
‘’ Yei is a place with natural soil fertility capable in running farming activities mainly natural vegetables, coffee, fruits, grains and many others for subsistence and commercial use. Citizens who deserted Yei to Juba and other parts of South Sudan should return back to the County in order to enhance development activities to transform it to its former status’’ he said.
Cyrus reiterated that when people remain divided, South Sudan would be affected and developmental activities that would have boost the Country’s economy would decline and the people’s standard of living would reduce.
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