South Sudan president gets modern office TUESDAY, 23 AUGUST 2011 WRITTEN BY ANTHONY KAMBA
The new office of the President of South Sudan. The President of South Sudan has said the country now stands as equals with its Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) partner, Sudan, in resolving remaining provisions of the agreement. President Salva Kiir Mayardit made the remark Monday during the official opening of his new office that has undergone renovation for the past two years. Kiir said that South Sudan can now stand as an equal of Sudan in discussing matters in front of an international body to resolve the remaining protocols of the independence-granting agreement. “We enter into agreement as equals, not one being superior and the other subordinate,” he stressed. He said much as independence was the first thing he wanted for the people of South Sudan, development was the next thing he wished to see in his people. He called for patience and hard work for development. “The spirit of hard work must be maintained. I said it on the day of independence that let us celebrate the independence but make sure that tomorrow morning you get up sober and go to work” Salva reminded South Sudanese. He urged his fellow citizens to “work hard and harder.” The office is the first of its kind in South Sudan as a nation. It also contains a western wing and the eastern side offices of the president. Kiir stressed that moving into the new office block signifies a new era in the struggle for the development of the new nation calling it a “step-by-step process.” The new office was redesigned and constructed by Makover Construction Company under the supervision of the Ministry of Housing and Physical Planning. The president used to sit in an office at the ministries complex next to the National Legislative Assembly. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
