{"id":7968,"date":"2022-01-17T13:38:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/mijak-visits-ees-to-inspect-road-construction"},"modified":"2022-01-17T15:21:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T15:21:23","slug":"mijak-visits-ees-to-inspect-road-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/mijak-visits-ees-to-inspect-road-construction","title":{"rendered":"Mijak visits EES to inspect road construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The National Minister of Roads and Bridges, Simon Mijok Mijak, has visited Eastern Equatoria State to inspect the construction of the Juba-Nadapal highway.<br \/>\nAccording to the Eastern Equatoria Press, the minister said the visit was to enhance the mobilisation of resources for construction. He appreciated President Salva Kiir for the equitable distribution of resources across the country.<br \/>\nThe minister added that the Narus-Raat road and the Kivala-Mogiri road were in the plan to be constructed in the soonest time possible.<br \/>\n\u201c[I] am delighted that we have now realised the initiative of using the crude money to spur infrastructural development, particularly the road sector\u201d, the Minister asserted.<br \/>\nThe Governor of Eastern Equatoria State, Louis Lobong Lojore, pledged security to road construction workers as he lauded President Salva Kiir for properly directing oil money on infrastructure development in the country.<br \/>\nThe governor commended the work saying it had encouraged the people to rally behind the government as the construction work reaches their areas.<br \/>\n\u201cThe people of Eastern Equatoria are very happy about the development on the road,\u201d Lobong said.<br \/>\nLobong advises the workers to deliver quality services. He further appealed to the government of Central Equatoria State to construct feeder roads in highly populated areas.<br \/>\nThe representative of the construction companies, Simon Akuei Deng, urged the government to ensure that funding is increased to enhance speedy road construction.<br \/>\n\u201cThe issue of cash flow is a challenge to us. We appealed to the leadership to ensure there is effective flow of cash for speedy construction of the highway,\u201d Deng said.<br \/>\n<b>Slow pace<\/b><br \/>\nPresident Salva Kiir issued a directive in May 2019, to allocate 30,000 barrels of oil daily to fund road construction projects.<br \/>\nIn November 2020, Key Weas, the managing director of the Winner\u2019s Company, announced that the construction of the 420-kilometre project had begun and would be completed in five years.<br \/>\n\u201cWork has started on the highway and the community along the highway is positive about the ongoing work,\u201d Key said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe road is one of the infrastructures that is very important for all countries, not only for South Sudan. If the highway is for goods, the country\u2019s development will also grow faster.\u201d<br \/>\nNorman Gideon, director-general of the Eastern Equatoria State Ministry of Roads and Bridges, said the road\u2014which will be the major route to Mombasa port\u2014 would create employment for the youth.<br \/>\n\u201cThe citizens are very impressed, and everybody is impressed because of the high speed of the construction, which they have never expected before,\u201d said Gideon.<br \/>\n\u201cWe feel that we are seeing the development and we feel that the expectations of the citizens are being met.\u201d<br \/>\nIn May 2021, there was an outcry from companies involved in construction that the funding gap was dragging the construction work on Juba-Kapoeta road.<br \/>\nIn October 2021, the government also met with Moroccan contractors to discuss the construction of the Kapoeta-Boma-Ethiopia road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. The National Minister of Roads and Bridges, Simon Mijok Mijak, has visited Eastern Equatoria State to inspect the construction of the Juba-Nadapal highway. According to the Eastern Equatoria Press, the minister said the visit was to enhance the mobilisation of resources for construction. 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