Upper Nile state to dissolve traditional leadership posts
Upper Nile state ministry of local government and law enforcement has announced that it will dissolve all traditional leadership posts and restructure them in line with the revitalized government structures.
Minister Gathoth Gatkuoth Hothyang told Radio Tamazuj Wednesday that the positions of paramount chiefs, head chiefs, and sub-chiefs will be declared vacant in a period of 100 days, and elections conducted to elect new leaders to suit the new state structures.
He said, Following the formation of the revitalized state government after one year, as you all knew that former 32 defunct states and SPLM-IO liberated areas has created more counties, payams that produced many paramount chiefs, head chiefs, and sub-chiefs.