{"id":3160,"date":"2025-06-10T16:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jubaglobal.com\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2025-06-10T16:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:28:44","slug":"south-sudan-president-removes-central-bank-governor-and-appoints-replacement-in-leadership-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/south-sudan-president-removes-central-bank-governor-and-appoints-replacement-in-leadership-reshuffle\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan President Removes Central Bank Governor and Appoints Replacement in Leadership Reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1977\/2025\/06\/1000211270.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3161\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Juba Global News Network <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juba South Sudan &#8211; June 10th,2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Sudan\u2019s President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, issued a presidential decree relieving the Central Bank Governor, Johnny Ohisa Damian, of his duties and appointing Dr. Addis Ababa Othow as the new governor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The appointment came shortly after Othow was removed from his position as First Deputy Governor, as part of broader changes in the institution\u2019s top leadership amid economic challenges facing the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new governor brings extensive experience in the banking sector, having held high-ranking financial positions, placing him at the forefront of managing monetary policy and currency stability under difficult economic conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reshuffle also included the reappointment of Samuel Yanga Mikaya as First Deputy Governor, a position he had previously held before his removal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No direct reasons were given for the changes, though they appear to align with efforts to enhance the banking sector\u2019s performance and address economic challenges, including inflation and exchange rate fluctuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Sudan faces severe financial pressures due to the depreciation of the local currency and heavy reliance on oil revenues, increasing the urgency for financial and banking reforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juba Global News Network Juba South Sudan &#8211; June 10th,2025 South Sudan\u2019s President, Salva Kiir&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1199,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[643,1,805,780],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-more-articles","category-news","category-politics","category-southsudan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3162,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions\/3162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directtopic.com\/jubaglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}