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Claim against State is genuine
NOT all claims against the State are
improper, fraudulent or illegal.
The ongoing inquiry into the Finance Department will prove this.
The State, its apparatus and key actors continue to fail in their
responsibilities and as a result, are exposed to compensation.
In this regard, it is totally unfair and unethical when people
with vested interest in the legal fraternity accuse well-respected
and successful small businessmen in the likes of Timothy Titipu of
a bogus claim against the State for breach of contract.
Look at the more than 50 roads that his company has built in the
oil palm plantations in Oro, linking to the main Kokoda Highway,
Oro Bay road, Buna, Afore and many others.
These are some of the good roads which have not required
maintenance for the last 10 years.
They enable the people to access markets to sell their produce and
health and education services.
The company did not come up overnight. It has been serving the
people over the past 30 years.
Palm oil not only benefits the province but has added more than
K50 million to the national coffers each year.
Everyone in Oro knows about the failings of the provincial
government and the Works Department.
Titipu is amongst a handful of successful national businessmen
operating in a province where foreigners have taken over virtually
every business.
His claim against the State is as genuine as it can get unlike
many others and should not be politicised.
Orokaiva
Port Moresby
 
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