Ngor Akeen donates SSP 1.5 million to victims of Misseriya attacks
The governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, Tong Akeen Ngor, has donated SSP 1.5 million as an emergency fund for service delivery to the victims of the Misseriya attacks at Yinh Pabol, Aweil East County. The gubernatorial press secretary, Emmanuel Dhel Peter, revealed yesterday.
Governor Ngor said the donation was meant to help the victims rebuild their houses, which were razed down by fire during the attacks.
Speaking to The City Review, the Governor’s Press Secretary, Emmanuel Dhel Peter, said Governor Ngor pledged an additional donation to support the resettlement of the displaced persons.
“The governor went to Yinh Pabol on Wednesday to assess the situation and donated SSP 1.5 million to those whose houses were burnt to rebuild them, and he promised to donate more soon,” Dhel explained.
He said the situation was calm and most people had returned to their respective homes to rebuild their livelihoods.
According to the statement from the office of the Governor, Ngor appreciated well-wishers who raised funds, food and non-food items to support the people of Yinh Pabol.
He hailed the 3rd Infantry Division for providing security to the people.
Chief Angech Kuach who spoke on behalf of the chiefs, appreciated the governor for solidarity and appealed to the state government to provide more support to the people whose property was burnt by the Misseirya armed youth.
The Attack
Last month, the state authorities reported that at least 15 people had been killed since December by armed Misseriya Arab militias. They said the situation had exposed about 156 households to a humanitarian crisis.
The Minister for Information and Communication in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, William Anyuon Kuol, said many families did not have food, shelter and other sources of livelihood.
“The situation is calm but many people are displaced.” We went yesterday to identify the families that are displaced, and we got about 156 households displaced, and we also assessed the damage, [which] was very much,” he explained.
He said the state government had put in place several measures to limit further attacks by Misseriya youth, including temporary closure of the border.
“Food has been damaged, and animals like cattle and goats were affected, as well as some non-food items. So, we have taken some measures as a government. We decided to temporarily close the road that comes directly from Sudan,” he said.
“We put some other measures to prevent the movement of their cattle to, especially at Aweil East where they attacked. We decided to prevent them not to coming to this site in search of pasture and water. “
Anyuon said the state government managed to give some food items, but added that they were running out of support due to the large number of people who needed aid.
He called for assistance from humanitarian agencies and urged the national government to address the issue with the Sudanese government.
“We have been appealing to our national government, especially the ministry of foreign affairs, to seriously report this issue to the Sudanese government to talk to their people who call themselves the Misseriya youth group. “We doubt that these attacks are politically motivated,” Anyuon said.
