W. Bahr el Ghazal Governor sacks three commissioners

December 28, 2014 (MAPEL) – The governor of South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal State, Zackaria Hassan on Saturday relieve three of this commissioners, including the Wau town mayor.

Wau county commissioner, Angelo Taban, Hassan Jalab of Raga county and John Arop Apia of Jur River county were those affected as well as the mayor of Wau municipality, Arkangelo Anyar.

Hassan immediately appointed Simon Athuia as the new Jur River commissioner, James Benjamin Mardama for Raga county and former youth minister, Elia Kamilio Dimo as Wau commissioner.

Livio Buhara, a former economic advisor to the Western Bahr el Ghazal governor was appointed mayor of Wau municipality council.

The governor, in a separate decree, also split the youth, culture and sports ministry into two, creating the child right, women, social welfare and development department.

No reasons were, however, given for these unexpected administrative changes.

(ST).