Dr. Chol Thon, after sensing his days are numbered in NILEPET, shifted his selfish interests to take over the Ministry of Roads and Bridges as the Minister to replace Hon. Mijak Mijok. This move has been calculated since last year November. But the campaign hit high recently after he found himself being removed from NILEPET in his 2nd term. Dr. Chol according to his secret campaign manifesto believes the reasons why the major (Roads & Bridges) highways from Juba to Bahr El Ghazal and Juba to Bor and elsewhere have stalled for a long is because of stubborn Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel who has monopolized the roads works and contracts nationally.” In his confession, Dr. Chol stressed that he will ensure he is going to personally supervise the installed construction of roads and bridges alongside Governor Rin Tueny Mabor on the side of Bhar El Ghazal highways so that once Dr. Bol Mel isn’t doing the right things as usual I will call or take immediate actions for the termination of his contracts. He said he can use Ministerial order to do that as a Minister”, he said.
According to Dr. Chol’s words, Benjamin Bol Mel is not capable to construct quality roads. He doesn’t have a well-equipped company. Instead, he is only grabbing substandard pieces of equipment from SSPDF engineering Corps and putting the logo of ARC on them such that it is seen that ARC has the types of equipment, but literally is not owning any required types of equipment and right manpower to be awarded such huge contracts that will for years.
He said Bol Mel pays the workers very little money and on top, he does not pay the little salary he has forced them to accept as a monthly payment which has contributed to employees not doing quality work on the roads because they know they are being exploited and therefore are unhappy. Dr. Chol promised his supporters who are mainly anti-Bol Mel because of the roads contract that if he is appointed he will terminate Bol Mel’s companies based on being incapable.
Dr. Chol assured his supporters that he will ensure he fulfil what they want to be done as long they ensure the President of the Republic is convinced to remove Majom Mijak and he is appointed in Majok Mijak’s place.
Dr. Chol believes the problem with the slow progress in roads infrastructure is due to Bol Mel’s manipulation of the contracts. He said Bol is taking the advantage of running the President’s business because the President of the Republic protects him and imposes a single source that all goes to Bol Mel. No one knows why Dr. Chol is really targeting the highways being done, Bol Mel.