Civil servants in South Sudan have been called upon to form savings and credit cooperative societies which will enable them to improve their socio-economic welfare.
Kongor Ajang, a Cooperatives Inspector from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Cooperatives and Rural Development, said the Government was keen to develop cooperatives sector.He added that the Cooperatives Societies Act 2011 would be used to regulate the cooperatives movement in the country.
Mr Ajang was speaking when he led a team of Cooperatives Officers to promote the idea of savings and credit cooperative societies at the Ministry of Labour, Public Service in Juba yesterday.
Kenyan Cooperatives Development Officer, Anne Ochoki, said the cooperatives enabled low income earners in her country to achieve goals that they would not have done on their own.
Cooperatives provide members with development loans, school fees loans and emergency loans.