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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Eastern Equatoria Governor, Louis Lobong, has called for a unified emolument policy for all government institutions.<\/p>\n Lobong said the creation of a unified payment policy at all government levels would minimise the influx of people from the village to the capital to lobby for national positions.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a need to harmonise emoluments across the country because we are all equal before God and the law.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe emolument must be equal, centralised, and sent to all levels of government, and people must be paid equally based on merits,\u201d Lobong stressed.<\/p>\n Lobong argued that such policies, when implemented, can combat corruption and lessen the mismanagement of public institutions by officials at all levels.<\/p>\n The governor said that the single-emolument plan would also foster trust in the government by ensuring fairness at all levels.<\/p>\n \u201cGuaranteeing equality at all levels of government is vital for the labour force,\u201d Lobong added.<\/p>\n The official made the appeal during the 6th Governors\u2019 Forum on Tuesday in Juba.<\/p>\n \u201cThe nice thing is that this forum brought all of us together, including our development partners and national and state governments, and what is crucial to us is to develop policies and uphold our laws.\u201d<\/p>\n He stated that the constitutions should serve as a guide for the three tiers of government, adding that no one is above the law.<\/p>\n Lobong further stressed that occasionally people do not abide by the constitution, which has promoted a culture of impunity in the country.<\/p>\n In January, the national parliament enacted the Emoluments and Privileges Bill, raising the lawmakers\u2019 monthly compensation to SSP 800,000.<\/p>\n This happened in the middle of the nation\u2019s financial problems, which have prevented the government from paying civil servants for months.<\/p>\n The parliamentarians\u2019 package was increased from SSP9,400 to SSP800,000 as a result of the increase.<\/p>\n Other government levels, such as state executives and legislators, are yet to benefit from similar advantages.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alex Bullen Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Eastern Equatoria Governor, Louis Lobong, has called for a unified emolument policy for all government institutions. Lobong said the creation of a unified payment policy at all government levels would minimise the influx of people from the village to the capital to lobby for national positions. \u201cThere is a need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,304,3715,233],"class_list":["post-28345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-louis-lobong-lojore","tag-pay-disparities","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"\n