Western Bahr el-Ghazal State Cabinet Affairs Minister Arkangelo Anyar has warned people against reacting to issues related to the national border.
The warning on Friday came a day after Raja County Commissioner Addison Arkangelo Musa had claimed that three areas along the border with Sudan have been illegally occupied by the Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who were engaging in massive illegal mining of gold and uranium in three locations.
Musa called on the State and the National governments to intervene.
A political analysist in Western Bahr el Ghazal State had also appealed to the South Sudan government to declare a state of emergency in some parts of the country alleged to being occupied by foreign forces.
Addressing the press in Wau Town during the Council of Ministers meeting on Friday, Anyar said matters related to the border were the prerogative of the National Government, which handled them diplomatically.
“No State official or commissioner can respond to matters related to the borders,” he said.
“At our level as the Government of Western Bahr el-Ghazal State, we are urging all the civilians residing along the borders to peacefully coexist because the responsibility for the borders is a national one,” he added.
Anyar said that every citizen has the right to stay anywhere in accordance with the laws of the land.