New Western Nile State Governor denied report of unpaid salaries to his civil servants.
Governor William Othowl told Radio Bakhita that the protesters were not from his state.
He clarified that his state civil servants have been receiving salaries regularly.
The Governor was reacting to the report of Radio Tamazuj that Western Nile State employees have not received salaries since their transfer from Eastern Nile.
Efforts to reach civil servants in the state were unsuccessful.