South Sudan's English Daily Newspaper
"We Dare where others fear"
By Benjamin Takpiny
The Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Marial Dongrin Ater on Thursday announced the release of outstanding salaries of civil servants without giving details on the number of months they will pay civil servants.
Civil servants have gone for more than 10 months without salary, with the government citing limited resource envelope amid economic hardship partly due to the ongoing conflict in Sudan which disrupted oil transportation to international markets.
“I am informing the country that while we have been having challenges and delays in releasing salaries, I would like to announce it here that the government is releasing salaries starting today,” said Ater during the signing ceremony of the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) regulations in Juba.
Ater said that they will be releasing salaries every month, adding that the government has been working hard to ensure that the little available resources are used to run government projects and at the same time pay arrears of civil servants.