North & South Sudan trade accusations over oil revenue
August 18, 2009 (KHARTOUM) — The two dominant ruling parties in Sudan today traded accusations over issues related to transparency in the distribution of oil revenue and the control over the industry.
The speaker of Sudan national assembly Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir called on South Sudan to “exercise transparency with its citizens and unveil the fate of $8 billion in oil revenue received over the last four years”.
Al-Tahir speaking at a forum attended by representatives of oil producing states said that the responsibility to provide services and development in South Sudan lies with the semi-autonomous government.
However, the energy minister in the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) John Luke warned that the sentiment among Southerners is that they are being unfairly treated.
Luke added that citizens in the South believe that they will be better off if they secede so that they can enjoy 100% of the oil revenue instead of the 50% share as mandated by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).
He also accused the energy ministry of withholding information on oil production and that Southerners are underrepresented at the oil industry.
But Ahmed Al-Hassan Al-Zebeir the federal energy minister dismissed Luke’s claim saying that oil produced in South accounts for only 13% of GDP.
Al-Zebeir added that there is lack of security in the South and that there is lack of coordination with the oil commission.
Both the North and the South is heavily dependent on oil exports which has declined significantly as the world demand for the crude was severely curtailed in the wake of the global financial crisis.
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oshay
North & South Sudan trade accusations over oil revenue
I totally agree the serpent SPLM must open up the books and tell everyone where that money has gone.
BUSTA 2
North & South Sudan trade accusations over oil revenue
Brother Oshy SPLM will never be transparent as long as money is concern!!
What you have said is correct but as long as the government is still under the corrupted currenty government nothing will yield.
South Sudan has clearly failed with to do something with the money they are getting from oil revenue. The six years which was given to SPLM is finishing and if see what is happening in South you will not believe your eyes.
Let us just wait for 2011 so as to get rid of the fake govenment who sleep while guessing for more $$$$$$$$$.
Brother in Christ,
Busta 2
Kur
North & South Sudan trade accusations over oil revenue
What has security in the South to do with telling us how much money the oil brings to Sudan’s economy? Again, it is stupid enough to tell us that the oil produced in the South accounts for 13% of the total production in the Sudan. What a joke. Drink as much oil as you want now, but the time is coming when you will run dry in the desert without more oil from the South. We have been patient for over fifty years, and so we will wait for eighteen months. Again I want to say this; you specialized in stealing our resources, but time has come for you to go to hell.
$8 billion is all South Sudan need since creation to bring about meaningful development or what does this idiot called Tahir mean by “unveiling the fate of $8”? The people of South Sudan are not naive to be lectured with nonsense. You cannot talk on our behalf because you cannot tell others to be transparent while you are not. The portion of oil money the people of Sudan are aware of is the amount received by the Government of Sudan. Can you tell me how much money Sudan has received since oil production started? Evil thieves, your greedy hearts will never fill up with anything.
Kur
Nhial Reath Thoan
North & South Sudan trade accusations over oil revenue
Those expensive cars our brothers most from Dinka tribe are driving is the results of what the Government of Southern Sudan are accused for ,corruption and tribal killing, because Dinkas confused about what is Governmentship with what they think that is their rights by treating each other as specials than other tribes in Southern Sudan.
But I advice you brothers from the marginalizing tribes to just keep watching on what is fair and justice , because what so called government is not up to Dinkas or National concern but universal concern. The International community will have a said about what kind of Government in Southern Sudan governed by Dinkas is and they will pay the price at last unless they will be tactiful to recall What modern day Governance and rule of justice and human rights are.
No one has right even the President to own what is for country to be his private rights this is what we call failing of transparency and accountability. And if the Government lack these things there is nothing to be call Democracy in it , and it shall be called undemocratic Government.
If we return back to our issue of oil revenue in sudan according to Comprehensive Peace Agreement , there are difficult questions waiting for the Present day Government
of South about transparency and Accountability. Because the Government senior staff , the ministers and the President are defending their corruption cases with the accusation of Government of National Unity by saying that we get 50% of what we don`t know while everything are there in the CPA . Should anyone of you( Southern Sudanese Community ) keep reading the CPA you will get that our Government has alot of problems failed to governance us for sure.
Forexample according to oil sharing Agreement , National Petroleum Commission(NPC) the parties agree that an independent National Petroleum Commission shall be established during the pre- Interim Period and its decision shall be by consensus.
Taking to account the provision elsewhere in this Agreement , the NPC shall be constituted as follows:
a) The President of the Repulic and President of the GoSS as co-chairs and permanent members;
b)four (4)permanent members representing the National Government ;
c) four (4)permanent members representing the GoSS ; and
d) not more than three(3) representatives of an oil producing State/Region in which petroleum development is being considered, non-permanent members.
And the functions of NPC are there as follows: Read the Comprehensive Peace Agreement on Wealth Sharing Page 51 and 52 , specially 52 National Petroleum Commission.Here the Question comes to my mind, if we appoint those representatitives to represent us in our oil sharing agreement .
How for God his seek , we lose what is our sharing without being known. And what is the use of their being elected to represent the country/region, if what we agreed up on returned to be our lose.
Angelo D.
North & South Sudan trade accusations over oil revenue
What we southerners need is a good public accountability. We need development in the south , we need employment opportunity in the south . The Government of National Unity need to be fair with southerners, we need one of our representative in the department of energy and mining in the government of National Unity . We don’t need bully toward southerners at this time of juncture, we south need our share of oil without trading accusation period .
Othogomoi
North & South Sudan trade accusations over oil revenue
I don`t agree with the Goss-ministry of Energy & mining, because there are doing nothing in south-Sudan.how many boreholes in south Sudan that are producing and how many are being drilled now, they don`t know,because they are not serious with this issues.how many southerners are there in oil field working inn the name or on behave of Goss, that is sending report directly to Goss-ministry of energy & mining.no body, shame on you,what a suprise, that the undersecretary in the ministry of Energy &mining didnot visit GONU-ministry of energy & mining,even he did not know the staff there, he did not like them saying there are Jalabas,while you eat the the money being sent from there.
if GOSS-representatives are sent to oil field, they just remain at base camp, then occasion are done to them, then return back to Juba,without knowing anything there.
i blamed our GOSS,they are not serious, upto now they didnot train fellow southerners to overtake or repalce those who are in the field when secession comes,this means we are going to depend on foreigners again after referendum.
we graduates, but they dont want to train them,only eating training funds, now why do blame northerners,while you didnot send your people to oil field, or you don`t have cadres,technical people to be represented,while they are there but you dont`t give them chances.
think about this careful, who is to be blamed for