Where has the money for Chimbu gone to?
The National, Tuesday March 4th, 2014
K30 MILLION was given to Chimbu last year under the PSIP programme.
This funding was managed and administered by the governor for infrastructure projects.
However, in the history of Chimbu, this is the first time that such funding was allocated for the governor’s discretions on infrastructure projects.
But the sad fact is there are no real infrastructure developments on the ground to show.
Where has all the money gone to and what have we achieved?
I do not know how the government arrived at allocating the K30 million for Chimbu, but I am of the opinion that the governor ought to know that we have six districts which comprise of open electorates and each electorate has its own MP.
So the K30 million was to be equally divided into portions of K5 million for the six districts.
The governor as the head of the province has to show leadership in organising all electorate MPs and call regular consultative meetings to ensure the effective use of the money.
And the key implementers and coordinators are the public servants who are trained and paid by the government.
I am flabbergasted that a small resource-strapped province like Chimbu is taking on board some ‘prized consultants’ to initiate some illusion projects.
They owe it to the people to justify how the proposed Karamui Mega Hydro Electricity project would benefit this district.
Our dream for the Karamui road opening up the economic corridors of Chimbu and PNG still remains our biggest trance.
Over K42 million was spent on the road project but it is still in a despicable stage.
Eragairmayal
Chimbu