The government of Port Sudan excludes

A report revealed the injustice and inequity practiced when it comes to the disbursement of salaries and wages to State employees in various states of Sudan. Thus, confirming beyond any shadow of doubt that the current war is nothing but the result of unjust and flawed policies that have continued even in light of the ongoing war, and will in fact increase in its ferocity through the government’s insistence to reinforce inequity and discrimination between states and populations.

A table issued by the Federal Ministry of Finance in Sudan detailing the salaries of the last 12 months, that is, since the start of the ongoing war, revealed that employees in 17 states were paid their salaries, while one state did not receive any salaries for any month, that state is West Darfur.

According to the data provided, the Red Sea state paid salaries to employees at a rate of 92% for 11 months, employees in the Nile River state were paid salaries for 10 months at a rate of 83%, employees in the Northern state were paid for the duration of 6 months at a 50% rate, and employees in El-Gedaref state were paid 4 months at a rate of 33%.

The table showed that employees in the states of Khartoum, White Nile, and West Kordofan received salaries for the duration of 3 months at a rate of 25%, while the states of Al-Jazeera, Sennar, East Darfur, North Darfur, Kassala, South Darfur, and North Kordofan received two months salaries at a rate of 17% for each state. while the states of Central Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile received a one-month salary of an 8% rate, and workers in West Darfur state did not receive any salaries.

The report shows that the significant differences in the percentages between the states are not due to the security situation only, as it doesn’t stand to reason that the state of North Darfur pays only two months’ salary, as it remained under the control of the government and its allied movements, while a state like the northern one pays six months’ salaries.

Moreover, it is not possible for a state like Kassala, which was not been affected by the war, to pay only two months’ salary at a rate of 17%, while being outperformed by its neighboring state, the Red Sea, which paid about 11 months at a rate of 92%. This is the very definition of injustice, as there is no equality even under similar security conditions.

On a similar note, the Nile River state disbursed 10 full months’ salaries at a disbursement rate of 83%, while the states of Sennar disbursed two months’ salaries at a rate of 17%, the White Nile state disbursed 3 months’ salaries at a rate of 25%, and North Kordofan disbursed two months’ salaries at a rate of 17%. We have the right to ask why the finances were not equated between the states not affected by the war? What are the reasons for these discrepancies and on what basis was this situation built.?