A BRIEF SUMMARY OF PHILIP AGUER PANYANG’S MANIFESTO AND PLAN FOR THE NEWLY CREATED JONGLEI STATE.
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Acceptance Speech from Philip Aguer Panyang (Click and open the PDF)
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The following are some of my priorities for the implementation of the SPLM vision of delivering service based on the creation of new society
1. Security
Recognizing that security is very important in development, I pledge to:
Establish 100 home guards men in every payam to be maintained through community self-support
Combat of local criminality at the counties and state level
Provision of communication equipment to all the payam security units from Kolnyang to Amiel
2. Road
Aware that good roads are they key to economic growth, I will ensure:
Construction of better road networks to enhance reliable transport system and security
That roads are motorable throughout the year and bridges are constructed
Mobilization of local and external resources to facilitate road construction
Inviting foreign investors to assist in road construction
3. Education
Aware that education is the greatest social equalizer, I will ensure:
Compulsory and universal enrollment for all children in the state
Establishment of quality basic education based on international standards to encourage our children in the diaspora to return home.
Enactment of policies that guarantee accessibility, quality and relevant education that modernizes our society.
4. Agriculture
Recognizing that Agriculture is the backbone of the economy, I will:
Train thousands of our people in modern farming methods
Introduce better seeds and better-yielding livestock
Introduce irrigation systems of agriculture and the use of modernize/mechanize farming
Combat of livestock theft and diseases
5. Peace and Reconciliation
Recognizing that peace has no substitute, I will:
Introduce peace and civic education to our communities
Empower community based approach to local disputes among clans and between our communities and their neighbors
Recognize and reward peace makers and peace activists
6. Health
Aware that a healthy state is a prosperous state, I will:
Build clinics and health centers in the villages to bring medicine close to the people
Build three referral hospitals in the state
Encourage medical doctors and officers from the diaspora to return home and support health sector
7. Unity of our people
Fully aware that we are one people and respecting diversity, I will:
Provide youth services and implement programs that bring all the youth together regularly at state level and national level.
Encourage peaceful co-existence with the neighboring communities of Murle, Anyuak, Nuer, Mundari, Bari, Pari and with states of Yirol, Eastern Equatoria, Terekaka and Jubek.
Create and encourage equal opportunities and equitable distribution and protection of all the rights of our people.
Create employment opportunities for all people, regardless of ethnic origin or demographic.
8. Establish desk in the state office for sons and daughters of Jonglei state in diaspora to channel their contribution to the development of our state
The above priorities will be approach in a flexible way and not necessarily in the order of how the appear on this paper, because some programs can be implemented concurrently depending on availability of resources.