S. Sudan Deputy Speaker urges to end dependency on humanitarian aid
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August 9, 2011 (JUBA) - Daniel Awet Akot, deputy speaker of the
National Assembly of South Sudan on Tuesday called on citizens to
replace dependency on humanitarian aid with hard work in order to
build the new nation.
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Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Sudan, Daniel Awet Akot (ST)
“The freedom for which we took arms has been achieved. The liberation
struggle against foreign control is gone. The mission of the SPLM
[Sudan People’s Liberation Movement] is accomplished, so it is now
time for our people to begin another mission of development,” Akot
told Sudan Tribune today.
Tuesday’s session was the first sitting for the national assembly
since South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July.
Akot said that fresh discussions would begin with deliberations on the
speech of the President on the joint session of the two houses held at
Nyakuron Cultural Center in Juba on Monday.
“It is true that our people have suffered a lot. They have never seen
any sort of development. There have never any been good schools, good
roads, and good health services. There has never been anything good
since God created south Sudan”, he said.
He warned citizens against a "culture of dependency" which South Sudan
gained during the civil war with North Sudan which ended in 2005.
He advised citizens against pitching permanent camps at the homes of
high ranking government officials. “It is a destructive culture.
Unless we change this, we will encourage these leaders to become
corrupt because how else can they feed crowds that swamp their homes?
How much are their salaries to feed many people? Crowding homes and
offices sometimes makes it difficult for them to do the work. Their
privacy is also constantly violated. With such we will make mockery of
our independence”, said Akot.
(ST)
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