The Commissioner of Nagero County in Tombura State pleads to all communities to remain united and peaceful as they enter 2018.
Balia Digido also advises all students who came to spend Christmas with their parents not to forget their education, Radio Anisa reports.
Let the people not divide themselves because all are created by one God, says Reverend Diko Raphael.
He laments that many people have lost their friends, relatives and families in war, hoping that 2018 will be a year of peace in South Sudan.
Pastor Raphael says peace makes life progressing well but war is destructive to the nation.