{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Radio Tamazuj","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.radiotamazuj.org\/en","title":"Unity Minister: transfers from Juba down 40% - Radio Tamazuj","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"W7kokrR1PG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotamazuj.org\/en\/news\/article\/unity-minister-transfers-from-juba-down-40\">Unity Minister: transfers from Juba down 40%<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radiotamazuj.org\/en\/news\/article\/unity-minister-transfers-from-juba-down-40\/embed#?secret=W7kokrR1PG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Unity Minister: transfers from Juba down 40%&#8221; &#8212; Radio Tamazuj\" data-secret=\"W7kokrR1PG\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.radiotamazuj.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.radiotamazuj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/58efab8d656d9.jpeg","thumbnail_width":700,"thumbnail_height":303,"description":"The Minister of Finance in Unity State disclosed that his state\u2019s transfers from the national government has been down about 40% owing to the continuing lack of oil revenues. Jal Thomas Kume, state finance minister, told Radio Tamazuj last Thursday that the state used to get 65 million South Sudanese pounds per year from Juba as the state budget, but now gets 39 million per year as budget. \u201cBefore we used to get 65 million and we used to get 6-point-something million per month,\u201d added Kume. \u201cNow we get 3-point-something-million from Juba per month.\u201d He explained that this means the block grants to the states are down by 37% compared to the states\u2019 annual budgets. Non-oil revenues in Unity state are thought to be minimal. Resumption of oil work this month has yet to bring in new revenues because technically it will take some time to bring the oil fields back on-line since they were shut down last February. The decline in state revenue has caused the government to reduce national staff salaries in Unity by 25% monthly, according to the the minister, who announced that the state council of ministers has recently passed a resolution to this effect. \u201cI want to inform the people of Unity state that the council has passed a resolution for salary reduction,\u201d he said. Not only Unity state but all the states of South Sudan are subject to the reduction of salaries as part of the policy of the Government of South Sudan, he said. He pointed out his ministry is working on making another budget. The minister acknowledged that the policy of cutting the national staff salaries would greatly affect their lives, but he hoped for change in the near future. The minister said that if the oil production resumes then the situation may change. He also pointed out that the state has been working on improving \u201ceffective revenue collection policies\u201d from non-oil sources. He also disclosed out that the recent delay of payment of the salaries\u00a0 was from the center in Juba but not from the state, \u00a0since his ministry received the block transfer for staff salaries late.\u00a0"}