CEO warns people not to pass false info

THE Southern Highlands provincial government is urging people there to stop spreading false information on the use of public funds.
That followed the circulation of a text message alleging several people from the provincial government were sharing a huge amount of money between them.
The same text message had been posted on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking groups.
Provincial administrator Ungia Kembo said he had never paid out or authorised any money from his office and people must stop “this nonsense to tarnish the good name of the people”.
Kembo said the money belonged to the people of the province and could not be given out to a few people for personal gains.
He said the allegations were not true and those who wrote the text message must provide payslips and bank statements to prove their claims.
“Money will be used to provide service for the people and will be given out in public so that taxpayers will be aware of how it is used,” Kembo said.
“Why would a person receive K2 million, K1 million, K600,000 and other amounts as is being circulated?” he asked.
Kembo said he was shocked to receive the text message and appealed to the culprits to stop spreading rumours.
He said K3 million had been given to the Kuare High School, K200,000 for the Karel to Mogol road, K200,000 for Topa road  and all money given out had been witnessed by the people as they had been given out in public.
“Many parts of our province is still the same as it was since independence and we cannot continue to live like this, we need change,” he said.
The text message alleged that about K10 million had been shared among some people.
Some money were sent to the Kokopo Grassroots Games, some to Port Moresby, while others were still in the province.