The ministry of finance in South Sudan’s Yei River State has threatened to suspend salaries of senior state officials who are staying in Juba if they fail report to their duty stations.

Yei River State Minister of Finance Kenyi Abiyaza told Radio Tamazuj that 80 percent of the state employees failed to report to their workplaces since the the creation of the state in 2016.

 “They are staying in Juba, I personally was in Juba and I had met and informed them to come to the ground. We have sent information telling them to come to Yei,” said Abiyaza.

Abiyaza noted that top officials including ministers, director generals, directors and administrators are supposed to provide services in their various capacities to the various state ministries and counties.

“For those who are not willing to come to Yei we will administratively handle the situation. We will bring all the salaries and after that, you have to come to receive your salaries like any other employees receiving their salaries in Yei. We will not pay salaries to people who are in Juba until they are here, they will receive their pay,” Abiyaza said.

For their part, the state civil servants in Juba claim that Yei River state government does not provide accommodation, security and vehicles for mobility in the counties and state ministries.