The Governor of South Sudan’s Western Bahr al Ghazal state Rizig Zachariah Hassan on Monday issued a decree appointing eleven state cabinet ministers after dissolving the entire state government and removing the deputy governor.
Zachariah, in a gubernatorial decree in the state capital Wau, made the following appointments:
· Zachariah Joseph Garang, Deputy Governor and Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Urban Planning
· Angelo Taban Biajo, Minister of Local Government and Law Enforcement Agency
· Mary Karlino, Minister of Information, Communications and Culture
· Andrea Ahmed Pawal, Minister of Labour, Public Service and Human Resources Development
· Dr. Adel Atnasio Surur, Minister of Education, Science and Technology
· Dr. Isaac Kelito Hassan, Minister of Health
· Michael Madut Chan, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources
· Lillian Valentino Rizig, Minister of Finance, Industry and Mining
· James Ernest Makuei, Minister of Trade, Cooperatives and Rural Development
· Rudolf Andrea Ajika, Minister of Youth and Sports
· Naema Abbas, Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare
He also issued two other decrees establishing the Culture and Arts Commission and the State Ministry of Trade, Cooperatives and Rural Development. The orders went into as from 19 January 2015.