Fourth Meeting of the Central Leadership, Fifth Session: Report of Bahr Algeazal

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1984

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eport

meeting ofthe leadership session

of BAHR ALGEAZAL

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1405 h

september 1984 m

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meeting of the leadership session

of BAHR ALGEAZAL

- 5 muharam

9 - 30

1405 h

september 1984 m

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‫مجلس الشعب القوي امدرمان‬

Fourth central fifth

eport

meeting of the leadership session

of BAHR ALGEAZAL

- 5 muharam

9 - 30

1405 h

september 1984 m

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national

assembly

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fourth

meeting of the

central fifth

report

leadership session

of BAHR ALGEAZAL

1405 h

4 - 5 muharam 29 - 30

september 1984 m

People's

hall -

national

assembly

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sudanese socialist union ‫مجلس الشعب القوي امدرمان‬

fourth central

meeting ofthe

fifth

report

leadership session

of BAHR ALGEAZAL

4 - 5 muharam

1405 h

29 - 30 september 1984 m People 's hall -

national

assembly

omdurman

REPORT OF BAHR EL GHAZAL SSU REGIONAL SECRETARIAT TO T . 4th . MEETING ( 5 TH SESSION OF THE CENTRAL LEADERSHIP S

COI LIITTEE 29th - 30th SEPTEMBER , 1984 1 .

REGIU REGIONAL SECRETARIAT

( a ) ORGANIZATION ; Between the present period and the last meeting of the Central leaderslip Committee there has been movement in

.

the direction of progress this has been done in the fase of inany difficulties caused mainly by state of insecurity that has resulted from the activities of the outlaws. Movement tabi people within the Region became risky . with the result that

our Organizational actional activities were slowed down and could not reach the level we had achieved during earlier

periods. The repair of the SSU headquarters that was damaged during student rints in December 1982 has almost been completed .

With the Secretariat and Supporting staff preperly accommodated , it has been possible to organize programmes and meetings.

Durin , this period , the Secretariat carried out a number of activities in the ricional capital , members of the Secretariat also took part in conferences and meetings organized outside the

region ,

With the setting up of a new region in Bahr el Ghazal ,

new village councils and people ' s local courts have been created . This entails th : 1 : 57 . 0 uuring of the SSU base organizations to match the azministrative decentralization Arrangements are

now underway to create new basic and branches . (b )

POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND ORGANIZATION Political Activites : The time between the last meeting

of the Central Leadership and the present one was marked by continued concerted action to implement several directives emanating from the SSU General Secretariat . It can now be said with all satisfaction that our campaign to deepen the philogophy

of Governmental decentralisation has achieved its desired goal . The citizens of Bal

cl Ghazal Region are now fully contented with

the new political dispensation . Time has also been spared to explain the Implemention of Islamic Sharia and its .

2 / .. ..

12/ on diss ^mination of Marxist- Leninist ideas ,

" he Secretariat discussed this new development in acjöche meeting with regional government and the regional security council . A plan of political enlightenment was agreed upon to counter this latest challenge to the security and

peaceful development of the Region . The Security Council affirmed the readiness of the security forces to defend and maintain peace all parts of the region .

And in the light of these hostile activities that

led to the attack by outlaws on the town of Awiel and the destruci. .. uction of the lol River railway bridge , na meetin "; of the 350 p popular and Syndicated Organizations was convened . The meeting condemend the attack of the outlaws on Awiel town and commended

the bravery of our security forces in repelling it . Other meetings were held with members of the SSU

Assembly Body in the poeples Regional Assembly and with the intellectuals respentively . These meetings gtrionad the need to consolidate the internal front and to strengthen cooper ation with organs of the SSU and with the Regional Government

in order to ensure security and peace through out the Region . The efforts made by the Regional Government to airlift essential supply commodities were praised and supported by all the people in

the Region .

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION In compliance with Decrees Number 41 , 42, 47 and 48 , the reactivation and reorganization of popular and syndicated organizations started in earnest as earlier as the closing ::

months of 1983 . Although the level of our activities has been reduced , intense efforts are still being made to finalize the formation of all the organizations before the current year runs out. POPULAR ORGANIZATIONS AA

The formation of popular organizations all the seven Area Councils comprising the Bahr el Ghazal Region has been complered .

esses .

What reinain , now is to convene the Regional congr

This could not be done in the past period due to asute

shortage of fuel in

the region for transporting delegates to

the capital , Vau . 3.! . . . .

mes .

.

.

/21 on diss^mination of Marxist- Leninist ideas ,

Che Secretariat discussed this new development in

aëjögat meeting with regional government and the regional security

council .

A plan of political enlightenment was agreed

upon to counter this latest challenge to the security and peaceful development of the Region .

The Security Council affirmed the readiness of the security forces to defend and maintain peace all parts of the

region .

And in the light of these hostile activities that

led to the attack by outlaws on the town of Awiel and the destruction

uction of the lol River railway bridge , za meetin “; of the 350 p popular and Syndicated Organizations was convened . The meeting condemend the attack of the outlaws on Awiel town and comended

the bravery of our security forces in repelling it. Other meetings were held with members of the SSU

Assembly Body in the poeples Regional Assembly and with the . intellectuals respectively .

These meetings straoad the need

to consolidate the internal front and to strengthen cooper ation with organs of the SSU and with the Regional Government

in order to ensure security and peace through out the Region . The efforts made by the Regional Government to airlift essential supply commodities were praised and supported by all the people in the Region .

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION In compliance with Decrees Number 41, 42 , 47 and 48 , the reactivation and reorganization of popular and syndicated

organizations started in earnest as earlier as the closing :: months of 1983. Although the level of our activities has been reduced , intense efforts are still being made to finalize the

formation of all the organizations before the current year runs out .

POPULAR ORGANIZATIONS .

The formation of popular organizations all the seven

Area Councils comprising the Bahr el Ghazal Region has been

complered . That reinain , now is to convene the Regional congr esses . This could not be done in the past period due to acute shortage of fuel in the region for transporting delegates to

the capital , Wau . 3! . ..

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131 SYNDICATED ORGANIZATIONS Substantial progress has also been made in the form ation of syndicated organizations . With the exception of the

Union of professionals and Technicians , the formation of the other organizations has been made up to regis .val - level and only

waiting for the formation of the regional organs.

The congr

esses will be called as soon as stransport facilities are made available .

ACTIVITIES OF ORGANIZATIONS SUDAN WOMEN UNION The women of wau town have succeeded , on self -help

basis , in converting part of wau Cultural Centre into an office where they organize their activities. They have now co - ordinated their activities with youth training centre , where women are trained in knitting , From this office they organized an exhib ition during the Eid of Ramadan to which members of the public were invited .

SUDAN YOUTH UNION The Youth of Bahr el Ghazal organized a youth work

om where they burnt two hunderd thousand bricks in seventy days. The time spent on this work should have been only fourty - five days but work was held up for days due to lack of transport facilities .

This quantity of bricks will be used to

construct a Youth hall and for extending the administrative

offices of the Department of Youth and Sports. The Youth of "Tau town have also been planning to rehabilitate the youth fruit and vegetable farm

that stopped production due to neglect

during the previous years . The Youth of Western Bahr el Ghazal Province also

participated in development activities of the new province , Besides engaging in brickburning for a short time, their cont ribution was greatly felt in the construction of the road that

links Raga town with the Western railway station of El Dein . This road became the life blood of Bahr el Ghazal Region

following the closure of the railway line to Vau which was the only means of bringing sufficient quantitis of essential

commodities to the Regional Capital of Wau . 47. . . .

..

131 SYNDICATED ORGANIZATIONS Substantial progress has also been made in the form ation of syndicated organizations .

With the exception of the

Union of professionals and Technicians, the formation of the other organizations has been made up to regista

level and only

waiting for the formation of the regional organs.

The congr

esses will be called as soon as stransport facilities are made available .

ACTIVITIES OF ORGANIZATIONS SUDAN WOMEN UNION The women of wau town have succeeded , on self-help

basis , in converting part of wau Cultural Centre into an office where they organize their activities. They have now co -ordinated their activities with youth training centre , where women are trained in knitting ,

From this office they organized an exhib

ition during the Eid of Ramadan to which members of the public were invited .

SUDAN YOUTH UNION

The Youth of Bahr el Ghazal organized a youth work om where they burnt two hunderd thousand bricks in seventy days. The time spent on this work should have been only fourty - five days but work was held up for days due to lack of transport facilities. This quantity of bricks will be used to construct a Youth hall and for extending the administrative

offices of the Department of Youth and Sports. The Youth of lau town have also been planning to rehabilitate the youth : fruit and vegetable farm that stopped production due to neglect

during the previous years. The Youth of Western Bahr el Ghazal Province also participated in development activities of the new province , - . . bestales engaging in brickburning for a short time , their conta ribution was greatly felt in the construction of the road that links Raga town with the Western railway station of El Dein .

This road became the life blood of Bahr el Ghazal Region

following the closure of the railway line to Vau which was the only means of bringing sufficient quantitis of essential commodities to

the Regional Capital of Wau ,

4/ ....

141 ( c ) ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

SUPPLY OF COM IODITIES Following th . cl ,surf th , railway linu t , wu, a Duting was called attended by uburs i the Lical Cha bur ' . vſ Cmerce and wurs of condurcial vehicles . Thu u . tins , which was called , on the initiativu ji thu Regional Sucr tariat

disoussed alturnative cans and ways of bringing condities to wau and ther stricken areas . The business en expressed their readiness to cooperate with the Regional Governent in Overcoming

rising prices and the consequences of Railway line closure ,

They

-started inediately to channel suplius from the railway station

of El Dein to Raga and eventually to Wau .

A comitte

comprising

a representative of the SSU , police , Businession , and local

administration was set u to onitor the movement of vehicles carrying supplies . Although the concerned authorities allowed traders to charge the full cost of transport the consumers , it was agreed tacitly that such prices need not be exorbitant,

The meeting also agreed to combat blackmarketing . FARMING

The closure of the railway line meant that the amount of commodities brought into the region would be greatly reduced for many months. It was therefore felt that the region , barring

insufficient rainfall , should produce envygh food crops to make istself self- sufficient . A campaiga was therefore launched in "Tau town urging everybody to cultivate , The Regional Governnant

made Saturday a cultivation day throughout the Region . Fortuna tely , the anount of rains this year is slightly above the average, ... which angurs a heavy harvest . Already , those who heeded the call in lau are feeding on groundnuts , maize , Pupkins and other

quick - ripening, crops from their garden . The same story is told of other areas . This means that the worst time of famine may have faded away .

Another fact brught to light by the clesure of the railway line and the tenorary shortage of essential com 100

ities , was the availability of enough dura and other crus in

the villages, a surplus which was not brought to the market

during past years.

Naturally , entrepreneurs brought these

commodities to the towns where they fetched good prices .

In

other words, enough commodities that could feed the torms are produced in the contruside but due to lack of organization

and transport , they never reach the markets .

This is a field

that will be given adequate study to the benefit of both the village producer and the town consumer . 51 . . .

15 / 22 .

REGIONAL GOVERNMENT SECURITY SITUATION

The security situation in the Region has been nornal .

Nobody is joining the outlaws any longer .

The few cases tiat

occur consist of forced recuritment and they happen far away

in the countryside . ORGANIZED FORCES (POLICE , PRISONS , AND GAME ) There has been a training programme for the organ ized forces. In may , a police batch of 330 was graduated . They have been distributed to the provinces to increase the

level of police manpower . ided by the

Arms and annunttion have been prov

ontral Government and paid for by the Regional

Government . The supply of modern weapons has encouraged the pol ice to stand firm in protecting the citizens; Desertion from

the ranks of the police cased a long time ago .

The police

have also been provided with uniform all over the Region .

The

only important thing lacking are radio - telephone sets for quick

and easy communication .

Transport vehicles were secured early

this year for the police but they need to be increased as their duties at the present require a lot of mobility .

The forces of Wildlife and National parks have also been provided with uniform , arms and ammunition and are carrying

out their activities satisfactorily .

The prison forces have

not been able to engage in their usual production of vegetables, grain , simsim

and groundnuts due to lack of essential in puts.

Efforts are now under way to secure farm implements so that the prisoners provide their needs and to some extend those of the public .

AREA COUNCILS There are seven area Councils in the whole Region . They have all been elected and functioning . These Councils depend for finances on grant- in - aid to them by the Regional

Government .

The Councils have not been able to collect local

taxes due to the prevailing insecurity in most areas .

This

means that the local councils have not been able to provide

sufficient services to the citizens.

The Councils, except

Aweil and Gogrial have all been able to elect their represen tatives to the Regional Assembly in Vau ,

6 / .. ..

16 / ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES

Commodities have not been flowing to the Region in enough quantities due to the destruction of the railway bridgey over River Lol .

Arrangements were made to ship supplies from

El Dein through Raga .

This operated for only a few crucial

months in May and June . The centre of operation has now been shifted to Ariath north of River Lol , which has temporarily became the terminal for the Southern railway system . Goods are taken by ferry across the river and then by cars to lau .

The Ferry across river Lol has now been repaired and the vol ume of traffic to Vau is uxpectadiovihastase . c & rkeshonadigsty . -

Attompts have also been made to ship goods through

the port of Shambe on the White Nile to the districts of the Lakes province. It has also been proposed to transport goods from Kosti to Juba and then by road to the region .

Although

air transport served in the first days of the crisis , this

has now been sealed down due to great expenses involved . Since the present crisis has proved that the railway

is the lifeblood for the economic well being of Bahr el Ghazal Region , the Regional Government calls for the speedy mainten ance of the railway bridge over river Lol so that the Region

does not run into the same difficulties in 1985 .

SALARIES There were difficulties in the last financial year

in paying officials of the Regional. This situation has impro oved to osmeistocirct, BreProvs1 ilt was a programa.lt67 Gaypy: thu area councils and former cmployees of Corporations left in

Juba,

The Central Ministry of Finance has approved the grant

in - aid for the Area Councils .

All employees of the Regional

Government are now getting their salaries , any arrears .

There are no longer

The only problem that is likely to come up is

what to do with employees of the foreign - financed agencies that are tempmarony scaling down their agtivities in the region . . COMMUNICATIONS NUL

Attempts have been made to major roads passable during

the rainy season .

This is why it is still possible at this time

of the year to transport goods and people from the port of 7./ .. .

17 / Shambe to the districts of Lakes Province - Yirol , Rumbek , and Tonj much could not be done due to non - availability of spare for essential maintenance facilities ,

As a result of the railway closure and the suspen sion of Sudan Airways flights to lau lots of potential passe ngers have been stranded at both ends in Khartoum and bau . This is causing difficulties to the citizens and there is need

for the concerned authorities in Sudan Railway and Sudan Airways to alleviate this situation . AGRICULTURE LA

This year , Aweil Rice Scheme came out with a good

yield for the Regional Government.

Ever cince the railway sezoni

stopped operation , the Region de pended mainly on rice from Aweil .

Tenants are making efforts to plough more rice this

in

year .

During this farming season , many people , including those in the towns , have tried hard to cultivate available

aand for the production of food crops . Once more tractors are acquered , the Region is likely to produce enough food to make it self- sufficient .

FORESTRY The Region produces wood and sawn timber for sale outside the Region .

Recently , some of the sawmills have

suspended their activities as a result of threats and intimi dation to' i workers by outlaws . They will resume their opera tons as soon as this menance is removed .

VETERINARY SERVICES The Bahr el Ghazal Region contains one of the largest cattle population upon which a majority of the people generator their livelihood . This makes it obligatory for government to secure animal vaccines and drugs. So far , there has been no outreak of major diseases due to adequate preventive measures

taken by the Regional Government. EDUCATION

Schools at all levels have opened and are functioning normally .

The UNICEF has solved a greater part of the problems

by providing school books and equionet. We look forward to more stability in the schools during this academic year . 8 /....

18 /

It is hoped that performance in schools will continue

to improve during the year . HEALTH SERVICES There has been a steady improvement in the state of health services in Bahr el Ghazal since the formation of the R Regional Government : Drugs and medicines have been reaching

the Regioni: in time and quantites that makes it possible to : supply most the Hospitals and rural dispensaries .

United Nations agencies and foreign agencies like the German Medical Team have also been rendering valuble i services in the field of health .

Just last week , a plane was

hired to take essential medical supplies that were held up at

the railway station of Babanousa .

These will carry the region

through a time of the year when the level of diseases tend to riwe. rise .

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