Address by Sayed Abel Alier to Bahr El Ghazal 4th SSU Congress

28 Pages·1977·9.547 MB·English

by  Sayed Abel Alier

30
GPD
HC PUBES DEPT
GPD Stacks ( LC )
591
.882
S684
1977
Southern Region
Sudon ).
A
G-3
زمین*
GOVPTUBIS DEPT
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF THE SU DAN
INDIANA UNIVERSITI
رولیت GCT 696 Southern Region
Sudan ,
LIBRARY
Southern Region ,
6-1
ADDRESS BY SAYED ABEL ALIER
TO
Bahr El Ghazal 4th SSU Congress
PUBLISHED BY THE REGIONAL MINISTRY
OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE

SU5O6re
ll
t
o
TEXT OF ADDRESS DELIVERED BY: H.E.SAYED ABEL ALIER VICE
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND PRESIDENTOF THE HIGH EXECU
TTVE COUNCIL IN BAHR EL GHAZAL PROVINCE SUDANESE SOCIALIST
UNION TH PROVINCE CONGRESS ON 16:11/1976
PUBLISHED BY THE REGIONAL MINISTRY
OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE
3rd March 1977
4 .
INDIANAUNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
BLOOMINGTON
"
Introduction
The Second SSU National Congressconvened in January in Khartoum. In No
vember and December Provincial Congresswereheldthroughout the country to el
ect and select delegates to that Congress. The Vice President of the Republic and
President ofthe High Executive Counciladdressed the Congresses ofthe six Southern
Provinces in his capacity is the chief executive of the Southern Regional govern
ment.
The principle theme running through these addresses is the economic and socialde
velopmentoftheSouthern Regionduringthenext six years startingas from July 1977.
The Presidentofthe H.E.C. told the delegates to the Congresses of the central role
the masses oftheSSU are to play in the development of their provinces, districts.
and villages.Each provincialCongressis to lay down thu broad policy outlines in the
political, socio-economic, and legislative fields and 10supervise thework ofprovince,
district, rural, and village councils in carrying out those policies. Establishment
and administration of primary and junior secondary schools, health unitsandveteri
nary stations, is now to be entirely in the hands ofthe local bodies. It is to be the duty
ofthe SSU basic Units Committees, Division Committees, and Area Committees to
mobilise local resources to finance these local services,
In order to achievethe goals of the Six- year developmeut plans, the Region has.
to make use of its meagre resources prudently and not rely on outside aid which
cannot becomeby easily.TheRegionalgovernment accordingly has drawn up a six-page
programmme for discussion by the SSU Congresses.It hinges on the use ofthe simple
tools (maloda, axe.... ) and the human element. The SSU is to mobilise the
masses inthespirit ofself-relianceto farmenough landto produce foodandcashcrops,
build feeder and trunk roads for easy mobility ofgoods, services and people. Equ
ally important,the SSU popular organizationsshouldencourage peopletoadopt the
the use ofthe ox-plough andfight superstitious beliefsassociated with the use of bulls
in farming. Tractors are not onlyexpensive to acquire, they are costly to maintain
consideringthe available resourcesand the level oftechnology in the rural areas. The
SSU has to do a lot ofenlightenment toconvince and encourage people who are sca
ttered over wideareas to comeand live together in places where they can be provided
with clean water, schools, health and agriculture extension services. Boarding is to
be abolished in primary andjuniorSecondary Schoolsfor it is becoming increasingly
expensive besides militating against opening ofnew schools to enrol more children
ofschoolage.Where it is unavoidable to have a boarding school,parents willbe requi
red to contribute towards feeding ofthe children inadditiontoother costs ofmaint
aining such a school.Toprepare children so that they can contribute to the economic
growth oftheircommunites, theeducation curriculla is to be overhauled and refor
mulated.
೨)
The VPR and President ofthe H.E.C. asked the congresses to examine and dis..
cuss thefinancialresourcesthatwill beusetofinance the developmentplansandthe
existingservices.Theseare not much.Forthat reason,thegovernment hasresolved to
urgeallcitizensin the Regiontorid themselves ofthelife-stylesofrich countriesand
to adopt simple habits. The members ofthe SSU popularorganizationsare expec
ted to lead the way in this.
The six- pagepolicy declaration in whichtheaboveissuesareraised waspassed
in itsentirety by all thesixSSUCongressin the Region. Ithasbecomeofficialpolicy
andwill guideimplementationofthesix-year socialandeconomicdevelopmentplans.
Mading de Garang
Regional Minister of Information,
Culture, Youth and Sports