3-day SPLM training concludes in Aweil

AWEIL – Northern Bahr El Ghazal state capital Aweil witnessed the conclusion of a three-day Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) training on youth engagement, organized under the theme “Peace, Unity, Service Delivery, and Reconciliation Ahead of Elections.”

The national secretariat and national youth league body orchestrated the training.

Participants, including members of the national secretariat and national youth league representatives, gathered in Aweil on Tuesday. State secretariat members and youth league representatives from counties, Payams, and Bomas also joined the initiative.

Madam Peris Keji Kenyi, Secretary for Social Welfare, and Mr. Samuel Malou Tokmach, the training’s team leader, facilitated the workshop.

During the closing ceremony on Thursday, Mr. Malou emphasized that the training aimed to equip and empower youth from the grassroots to the Bomas level in preparation for upcoming elections.

He expressed confidence that the SPLM youth engagement training would contribute to the conduct of free, fair, credible, and transparent elections in a conducive environment.

“This SPLM youth engagement rollout Trainings will surely pave the way for upcoming elections and with this training, we are quite confident in conducting free, fair and credible and transparent election in a more conducive environment,” he said.

Mr. Malou stressed the importance of voters exercising their constitutional duties freely, choosing leaders without threats.

Ms. Peris Keji Kenyi, SPLM National Secretary for Social Welfare, acknowledged the warm hospitality extended by the SPLM chairperson’s leadership in the state. She urged the continuation of similar training programs in the counties.

Governor Tong Aken Ngor, in his closing remarks, encouraged the state secretariat to actively engage in preparations and empower young people across the country ahead of the anticipated peaceful elections.

Despite these efforts, some critics paint a different picture of the upcoming elections. Speculations circulate those challenges such as inadequate budget allocations to relevant institutions, hindrances to political party activities, and restrictions on media freedom may pose obstacles.

To some, the prospect of conducting elections remains an imaginative or rhetorical concept in the nascent state.