Warrap caretaker Governor Akec Tong Aleu has appealed to authorities in Juba to intervene with efforts to help stabilize rising consumer prices in the area, asserting that the situation was beyond the capacity of the state administration to address.

“The issue of the prices of basic commodities is a very serious issue. Prices in Bahr el Ghazal and especially in Warrap are rising daily. This is a cause of big concern to us in the government,” Akec said Tuesday.

He attributed the cause of rising prices to scarcity of dollars and insecurity.

Akec is currently visiting Juba with the intention to meet with the authorities, including business people to see how best they could work together to address the issue.

“The issue of prices of basic commodities in the country cannot be addressed by one sector or one institution. It needs all the stakeholders to come together and work out how to resolve this serious issue,” Akec said.

Akec said he would also use the visit to meet and hold talks with some of the heads of the humanitarian organizations in the country that have branch offices in Warrap, in order to share with them what his administration was doing in terms of security.