Akot Deng Akot, caretaker governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal has appointed a peace advisor for peace days after dissolving the entire cabinet appointed by his predecessor Kuel Aguer Kuel.
Akot, according to a broadcast by South Sudan television on Friday, appointed former Aweil East county commissioner Awet Kiir Awet as adviser a local ally of Paul Malong. The appointment follows a visit by state SPLM party chairman former Northern Bahr el Ghazal governor Paul Malong to Akot at his home village of Malual-kon in Aweil East County on Friday.
President Salva Kiir ousted Kuel through presidential order after refusing to accept his directive to resign from the position following a power struggle with Malong.
Northern Bahr el Ghazal caretaker governor Akot Deng Akot