The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program or UNDP is training state members of parliament on generation and management of non-oil revenues.
Mary Jervas, Deputy Minister of Finance, says the workshop seeks to empower legislators with knowledge to generate resources and diversity the country’s economy, Radio Bakhita reports.
Shigeru Hamano, Acting Japanese Ambassador to South Sudan, urges South Sudan to improve its tax system to help in building infrastructure and deliver services.
Speaker of Yei River State transitional legislative assembly, Naphtali Hassan Gale says a lot is expected from the system to be set up in order to fight corruption.
The training brought legislators from Aweil, Gbudue, Yei and Jubek States