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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The government has ordered individuals illegally occupying football playgrounds in Juba to leave before action is taken against them. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Albino Bol Dhieu, said recovering all the sports facilities is in the ministry\u2019s plans for 2022 \/2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to reclaim all the sports playgrounds that have been grabbed by government officials. We are going to get back, whether you are government officials, army generals, or civilians.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you build a concrete house on it, as long as it is a football field, it must be reclaimed, and we are going to implement the presidential order on that,\u2019\u2019 he vowed. Dr Albino issued the warning during the opening ceremony of the 2021\/2022 South Sudan Cup edition on Thursday in Juba.<\/p>\n

He said the government was concerned about sports in the country and that all sports like football, basketball, and volleyball have been considered key tools for peace-building in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, for us to promote widely, all the sports playgrounds must go back to the ministry of youth and sports and the respective ministries of youth and sports in the states and three administrative areas,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Although the minister did not reveal how many football pitches are illegally being occupied, he said most of them were grabbed by top government officials but failed to mention them. Dr Albino assured the public of the government\u2019s commitment to doing everything possible to make sure that its goals for sports are achieved.<\/p>\n

Investing in sports<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cFootball can observe negative thinking and enter into the lives of youths. \u201cFootball can change the narrative and can bring us together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dr Albino said, \u201cAfter the Second World War, what improved the European people and rehabilitated their souls was sports, and today, as South Sudanese, we need to engage in sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy only message on this joyful day is for the young people of South Sudan to engage in sports activities and positive things that can bring peace. The people who are playing on the pitch are not playing as tribes but as teams, and that is what the South Sudanese need,\u201d Dr Albion stressed.<\/p>\n

Rita Dominic, the Central Equatoria State Minister of Youth and Sports, said it was high time for the authorities in the state and national government to invest more in sports. She said investing in sports means building a concrete foundation for lasting peace in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cSports are the only devices that can give us peace in the country, but how can it be sustained among our youths?\u201d \u201cYes, it can unite us, it can bring our young ones to each other as one people of South Sudan, but we need to give much attention to promoting it in the country,\u201d Rita said.<\/p>\n

Rita reiterated the need for better sports facilities in the country, saying they needed to provide space for sports activities. \u201cI wish the Juba City Mayor was here so that he could pick it up from me. There are many football playgrounds in Juba that have been grabbed by some people, I am saying today, we want those playgrounds back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand some people have already built concrete houses [but] we need to reclaim [them] back through presidential decrees,\u201d Rita added.<\/p>\n

The minister assured the public of her ministry\u2019s commitment to working closely with the ministry of housing and the Juba City Council to make sure all the pitches grabbed are returned to the ministry of youth and sports.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The government has ordered individuals illegally occupying football playgrounds in Juba to leave before action is taken against them. 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