crn ; GREATER BAHR EL GHAZAL CONFERENCE KICKS OFF

[Elisabeth Janaina]

GREATER BAHR EL GHAZAL CONFERENCE KICKS OFF
Friday, 17 May 2013 14:47 |
Heads of states from the Greater Bahr El Ghazal on Wednesday started a
six-day conference in Wau to look at the issues affecting the entire
region.

The conference theme is “Striving to promote peaceful co-existence in
the region and the nation around the common goals of unity and
development”, Voice of Hope reported.

National Legislative Assembly speaker James Wani Igga chairs the conference.

Western Bahr El Ghazal Governor Rizik Zachariah Hassan said one of the
biggest challenges is the huge number of street children in cities and
towns in the region.

He said the conference has to pay attention and find immediate short
and long term solutions to the street children issue.

Mr Zachariah said most children who come to the streets belong to the
four states and that most of them missed school.

He called on all the governors from the four states of Greater Bahr El
Ghazal to bare the post-war effect and find a solution to these social
problems of street children.

The conference is expected to handle ten top points, including cattle
raids and unity of the region.



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