JUBA- The Voice of the Eastern Equatoria State Legislative Assembly, (EESLA) Hon. Joseph Kolombos Lokoda has warned the world from using South Sudan National Anthem in mobile phones as ringtones. He said this to The Citizen journalist over phone interview yesterday from Torit.
Lokoda said that the National Anthem is an important symbol for the area and it must be exploited with great value and dignity.
He said it can just be sung in an official ceremony but not on individual interest.
He admitted that before that it was permitted to citizens to represent the National Anthem in their phones but simply to see how to talk it, but now everybody knows how to talk it, so people must regard the national symbol as we respect our nation, he said.
Lokoda who is likewise the specialized standing committees chairperson for information at the Assembly said that, the go to prohibit citizens to observe the symbol not to abuse as telephone ring tone was adopted following a decision taken as top directive after the power of security signaled all the States uniformly to end the practice.
He declared that mass should use some national slogans like liberation songs as their ring tones but not the National Anthem because it is a historic symbol that needs to be highly respected by every national. This is our National symbol that when it is sung we pay respect but dont get people to pay respect for your ringtone, Lokoda said.
The South Sudanese National Anthem was first sung after the world`s newest nation, Republic of Sudan, was declared independent on Saturday 9th of July, 2011.
Many citizens concurred with the ban saying that it should just be used during important public days or ceremonies not express to clean and national occasions.
Patrick Lodinga Kotein, Advisor for Social Services to the State Government welcomes the move banning the use of performing the countrys National Anthem as ringtones.
It requires us to instantly stop using it as a ringing tone or singing it unnecessarily, he said.
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