MPs, public service urged to cooperate
By GABRIEL FITO
WEST Sepik Governor Simon Solo had expressed the need for all elected members and the public service in the province to work together and deliver much needed services to outlying areas which have been missing out on key Government services.
Mr Solo said in the recent assembly sitting in Vanimo that all political leaders from the province are united and committed to deliver services to the people unlike before, where leaders worked in isolation.
He said the public service should follow suit.
Nuku MP and Housing Minister Andrew Kumbakor also blasted the public service’s slackness and called for more cohesiveness in bringing real and meaningful development to the province.
Vanimo Green MP Belden Namah, who supported Mr Kumbakor, called on the administration to shape up to implement the challenges in the province.
Mr Namah cited increases in the budget such as the allocation of border development funding of K20 million annually, starting this year.
During the assembly’s first meeting, Telefomin MP Peter Iwei was elected unopposed as deputy governor of the province.
His appointment was made possible through the recently passed Organic Law on Provincial and Local Level Government.
Mr Iwei thanked all MPs who elected him and urged the public service to work with him for the common good of the province.
He also appealed for more assistance for his remote Telefomin electorate where isolation, high costs of living and other related problems make it one of the most difficult place in Papua New Guinea to live and work in.
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