Japheth Ogila
Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The Chief Administrator of the Greater Pibor Administrator Area (GPAA), Gola Boyoi Gola, tabled a passionate appeal to the Vice President for Infrastructure Cluster, Taban Deng, to provide infrastructural development in the area.
According to the statement received from the Press Unit of the Vice President for Infrastructure Cluster, their meeting focused on improving infrastructure in the area.
“One of the key issues facing the people of the Greater Pibor Administrative Area is a lack of infrastructure, insecurity, and poor network connectivity,” the statement partly read.
According to the statement, the meeting also involved deliberations on other issues, such as insecurity.
Taban assured Gola that the national government would do what was necessary to ensure the people of Pibor received the necessary services.
The VP appealed to the Chief Administrator to embark on building peace among communities and with neighbouring areas as part of the part of the government’s plan to progress with infrastructural development.
“The Vice President also urged the chief administrator to cooperate with his counterparts to help bring peace to the greater Jonglei region,” Taban said.
Gola stated that there is hope for the Greater Pibor to receive peace and development.
Regardless of its administrative status, Greater Pibor grapples with poor infrastructure and this has prompted the residents to call on the government to review its policies on development.
Earlier this month, the Chairperson of Murle Youth in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, David Ngiro, called on the government to construct roads, schools, and healthcare centres to reduce rates of crime.
According to the letter directed to President Salva Kiir, the youth leader claimed that service delivery to the residents would help change the lives of the people.
He blamed the government for neglecting the area, arguing that poor services have contributed to high crime levels.
“I would like to bring to your attention that the South Sudanese people should not blame Murle for what they call a crime committed by the Murle community in terms of security threats. It is simply because they are neglected in terms of development,” Ngiro said.
In recent years, GPAA officials have been complaining about shortages of essential commodities due to poor roads connecting the area with Juba and nearby counties.
The area officials lamented that in most cases, a lack of budget to ensure that it could provide all the required services as needed by the residents.
Source: The City Review South Sudan
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