The newly appointed Mayor of Tonj Municipality promises that his first priority is to maintain hygiene and sanitation in the town.
Lino Dybala told the entire community of Tonj that keeping the environment clean is a collective responsibility of everyone in the town.
He assures executive and paramount chiefs to work hand in hand in order to maintain hygiene, sanitation and peaceful co-existence in the state.
‘Every citizen in the state is prohibited to cultivate cereal crops and sorghum in the town, but only cash crops like okra’, he stresses.
Health Minister Abak Yel Madot promises to work hand in hand with the new mayor to keep the town clean.
Keeping conducive environment for human beings and all domestic animals is another way of promoting hygiene in the state, she adds.
The speakers talked on Thursday, during a welcoming ceremony for the new Mayor in Tonj.