Austerity Measures Bite, As State Corporation Is Dissolved

This article was last updated on May 25, 2022

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The WUNDC has been actively supporting local business people since 2007 by giving them loans to expand their businesses and the move comes as a starting point for downsizing the state government institutions due to the financial crisis in the state.

The WUNDC was being chaired by John Juan Dong and deputized by Peter Malieth Dayiem.

The governor also issued another decree relieving all members of the State Land Commission and only retained Joseph Nhial Ruach the chairperson and his deputy Mr. Andrea Derder Majok.

The decree stated that “the Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development will select one official and two workers to work with the Chairperson and his Deputy.”

The relieve of all members of the State Land commission is dictated by austerity measure that is being experience in the country and is aimed at curbing also redundancy, unjustified absence from the place of work and unsatisfactory performance.

The last decree also relieved Mr. Guol Jiel Bikot as deputy director for justice and employee chamber in the state.

The national Finance and Economic Planning Minister Kosti Manibe, told the press in November that if the oil flow fails to resume, his government will definitely introduce other moves to increase on the austerity measures.

South Sudan was expected to launch resumption of oil production in November 2012. However, the launching failed as Sudanese government unveiled new demand to be executed by the South Sudanese government before the resumption of the oil starts.

North and south already agreed in September to resume oil exports and secure the volatile border but they failed to follow through as mistrust lingered, a legacy of one of Africa’s longest civil wars.

Sudan charges the south millions of dollars a month to pipe the crude through its territory and export it via a terminal on the Red Sea.

Under the September deals, they agreed to pull back their armies from the border stretching for almost 2,000 km (1,200 miles), much of which is disputed.

Both sides say such a buffer zone is necessary before oil from the landlocked south can flow through Sudanese territory.

Khartoum demanded South Sudanese government to disarm rebels in Kordofan and Blue Nile states left there after South Sudan seceded last year in July 2011.

The economies of the two countries have solely depended on oil however, with South Sudan greatly relying on oil before it shutdown early this year.

South Sudan shutdown her oil production after reaching disagreement with Sudan on transit fees and after Sudan decided to loot the country’s main resource.

Government in a bid to economize its non oil revenues after the oil shutdown introduced austerity measures which included cut down of necessary expenditure on fuel, travels and other allowances such as housing.