Address issues, not Christianity

THE recent K5 million funding for public consultation to declare Papua New Guinea a Christian country makes me wonder if the Government is running out of ideas to govern this country.
This move is nonsense.
We are not running a trade store, it is our country we are talking about.
Our Constitution, written by our founding fathers, has already included Christianity.
It was clearly spelt out in Section 45 the freedom of religion.
Isn’t that enough?
Doesn’t the Government have other urgent issues to address?
People are losing jobs due to the Covid-19, businesses are shutting down and sending Papua New Guineans home, our economy is on the brink of collapse and by the way things are going, we could become a failed state.
The Government received more than K6 billion in loans to fight the coronavirus but there has been no significant indication of lives improving.
Papua New Guineans are dying from the Covid-19.
Health facilities are not fully equipped.
Justice Minister Bryan Kramer said he would publish Covid-19 funds acquittals for the public to see when he was police minister.
However, that is yet to happen.
Prime Minister James Marape said all public expenditures on Covid-19 funds would be published.
But, that too has not happened.
Unemployment, job loss, business loss, deaths, violence, increased crime rate, schools shutdown, drugs, homebrew, alcohol abuse, corruption, appointing cronies and wantoks, suspending-highly-qualified professionals on matters only known to the Marape Cabinet appears to be the order of the day.
The Government acquired more than K6 billion in loans in less than two years and they told Papua New Guineans that it was to fight the Covid-19 and economic stimulus packages.
To date, there is nothing to show for in terms of economic recovery.
While that is lacking, here we are, trying to declare that we are a Christian nation. While we have other pressing issues such as the need to revive our economy by restoring businesses and jobs, improving the value of our kina and focusing on lowering the cost of living, we still want to make ourselves another Christian country.
And that is all happening despite being widely known as a Christian country.

Kiri Agelavu,
Kapari Village,
Central