The National Minister of Youth and Sports, Atong Kuol Manyang, has reaffirmed the government's commitment to developing football across the country while acknowledging the severe infrastructure and funding challenges facing the sport. Speaking at the South Sudan Football Federation (SSFF) season review workshop, the Minister emphasized the importance of assessing past performance to build a better future for the country's most popular sport.  For his part, the President of the South Sudan Football Federation, Mr. Francis Amin, called on the Ministry to present sports financing to the Council of Ministers and develop frameworks encouraging large corporations to include sports development in their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes.

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