{"id":10593,"date":"2022-11-14T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2022-11-13T19:41:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T19:41:35","slug":"south-sudanese-over-depending-on-food-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/14\/south-sudanese-over-depending-on-food-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudanese over depending on food aid<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Adia Jildo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chairperson of standing specialized committee for information, communication, technology and postal service at the national assembly John Agany Deng said South Sudanese are too dependent on food aid than farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was speaking during the launch of South Sudan Parliamentary Alliance for food security and nutrition on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur people are so dependent that even cultivating your simple okra is impossible. Nobody is doing it\u201d Agany said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He related to his life over the dependence of his locally cultivated food for sustainability over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet us be responsible for our own lives in South Sudan\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawmaker said there is need for a working political will that will be led by the government of South Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cOur land is too precise for us to cultivate and get enough food\u201d Agany said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOther people believe that they cannot cultivate because the UN is giving food relief for the community,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Information chairperson however underlined that there are factors such as insecurity, and natural disasters that affect the people from cultivating, but urged the people to focus on agriculture as peace is returning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt should have been good for our people to cultivate, not for them to depend on the food given to them\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agany said partners are only meant to supplement the work of the government in their various duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFAO is putting a lot of money in the ministry but sometime because of the lack of the political will of the government, they simply return the money that they brought for agriculture. They don\u2019t give it to us because they say we are corrupt. And indeed, we are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we are not corrupt, why don\u2019t we support agriculture by ourselves\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe must also get rid of the corrupt elements in the government including the agriculture ministry. There are corrupt elements there\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MP urged the alliance on agriculture, food security and nutrition to follow-up with the Ministry of Agriculture to check what the ministry is doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He emphasized that the most important is the political will for the alliance to survive by the government taking lead in the act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have seen former ministers in the government have working policies but this government that is now at work never brought any policies in the national legislative assembly,\u201d he challenged the current executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agany said funding will be impossible for ministries if no working policies are implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAgriculture ministry with other ministries must have working policies. We cannot give you any money without the working policies\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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