The Deputy Governor of Tonj State encouraged the new ommissioners to embark on agriculture.
Manheim Bol said President Salva Kiir instructed all governors to stop depending on oil revenues, Radio Don Bosco reported.
He recalled that in 2004, SPLM adopted a development plan entitled: ‘Strategic framework for war to peace transitions’ with the aim of talking towns to rural areas.
The plan was only implemented in 2015 when President Kiir issued an order for the formation of the 28 states, Bol said.
The Deputy Governor was speaking during the orientation workshop of new commissioners which drew together all Tonj State government officials.