Western Bahr el Ghazal’s new cabinet sworn in
February 2, 2015 (WAU) – Western Bahr el Ghazal state’s newly appointed cabinet made for a marathon swearing in ceremony on Monday.
The line up includes 11 ministers, 10 advisors and a new commissioner for art.
The ceremony was attended by hundreds of relatives and MPs, including speaker Andrea Mayar Acho and Special Forces commanders.
While addressing the crowd, state governor Rizik Zackaria Hassan thanked his deputy governor for his tireless efforts for the people of Western Bahr el Ghazal state, as well as the 28-member legislative assembly that worked hard to pass his new cabinet line up.
Hassan also said that those omitted from the cabinet should not feel neglected.
“This is a policy of the state government that after every year and four months there shall be a reformation of the state cabinet,” he said.
He also called on outgoing cabinet members to continue to work with the government and not against it.
“If you have patience, there will be a time for you to come back in the same government,” the governor advised outgoing members.
Speaking to his newly appointed cabinet, Hassan told members to work hard to promote cooperation among the various ministries and streamline service delivery for the Western Bahr el Ghazal people.
Hassan also called on his new cabinet to prioritise their communities’s needs first, a point backed by the the army’s fifth infantry division commander, David Manyok Barric.
The new ministers are as follows:
– Angelo Taban Baiajo, minister for local government and law enforcement agencies
– Mary karlino, minister for information, communication and culture.
– Andrea Ahamed Bawal, minister for labour and public service, human resources and development.
– Adil Athansio Suru, minister for education, science and technology
– Dr Isaac Clerto Hassan, minister for health.
– Michael Madut Chan, minister for agriculture, animal resources and cooperative.
– Rudolf Andrea Ujika, minister for youth and sports.
– Naima Abas, minister for gender, child and social welfare
– Joseph Zackaria Garang, deputy governor and minister for physical Infrastructure.
Lilian Valentino has retained her position as minister for finance, trade and industry, while James Ernest Makuei was appointed minister for trade and cooperative, after the ministry was established by decree on 17 January.
(ST)