The Governor of Sudan’s White Nile state Yusuf El Shambali on Sunday issued a decree appointing new state new cabinet ministers and locality commissioners, after dismissing some cabinet’s members.
In a series of gubernatorial decrees published by the Sudanese News Agency (SUNA), El Shambali removed the State Minister of Animal Resources Sadig Yusuf Musa and Minister of Urban Planning and Public Utilities Ali Adam Alian.
The governor also issued another decree removing Rabak Locality Commissioner Dr. Abu Obeida El Iraqi and El Salam Locality Commissioner Ismail Nuai.
Meanwhile, a local source told Radio Tamazuj that several members of the National Congress Party in the state have announced their intention to run for the upcoming elections as independent candidates.
The number of politicians who are willing to run as independent candidates has now reached 22 members, according to the same source.