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PRESIDENT KIIR DIRECTS MINISTRY OF FINANCE TO PAY UNPAID SALARIES TO PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES


President Kiir, Gabriel Changson And
Dier Tong Ngor


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President Kiir met today on Thursday with the Minister Of Higher Education, Hon. Gabriel Changson Chang.


 The president also met with the Finance And Economic Planning, Hon. Dier Tong Ngor. 


The two Ministers and the president  deliberated on ways to address challenges facing the Public Universities, mainly payment of unpaid salary arrears to academic and non-academic staff. 

 

The Minister of Higher Education, Gabriel Changson Chang said the meeting discussed follow up of resolutions made by the Cabinet on salaries adjustment for lecturers and their payment on time.

 

On the same note, the Minister of Finance, Dier Tong Ngor said they had a fruitful meeting and also had lengthy discussion on the recent issue of unpaid arrears to the Public Universities.

 

Hon. Dier stated that President Kiir has directed Ministry of Finance to pay February and March salary arrears and allowances to all Public Universities based on the current salary scale.


Below are the list of all the public Universities in south Sudan and the year it was formed. 


John Garang University of Science and Technology, Bor, 2006.

Rumbek University, Rumbek, 2010.

University of Bahr El-Ghazal, Wau, 1991

University of Juba, 1977.

University of Northern Bahr El-Ghazal, Aweil, 2011.

Upper Nile University, Malakal, 1991.

Akobo Heritage and Memorial University, Akobo, 2016.

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