Glen Gabi’s rejection of the National Logohu Award (The National, Feb 26) should encourage our citizens to recognise that they have a role to play in nominating people to the National Honours and Awards Committee.
We should understand that PNG is a country where past information is usually difficult to retrieve given current economic and geographic conditions, availability of information and sharing of facilities.
There are many people out there who have played a major role in the development of Papua New Guinea.
Among them coastal teachers, missionaries, doctor boys, native policemen, tultuls, luluais and patrol post guards, who live in very remote areas in the highlands.
They left their home provinces, families and staple food crops to live a different lifestyle in the name of development.
All these people should be awarded the National Logohu Award instead of waiting for nomination of high profile people.
I am calling on the National Honours and Awards Committee to come out of their shell and research remote areas of PNG for suitable candidates.
 

CROMBOK
Wewak.