Fly River budget hits K189mil

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The National, Friday 30th December 2011

THE Fly River provincial government has passed a record budget of K189 million for 2012 – as a Christmas gift for  the people of Western.
During the debate, however, members of the provincial assembly warned that funding in previous budgets failed to reach the little people who mostly lived in rural areas.
The theme of the 2012 budget is “going rural”.
Western Governor Dr Bob Danaya said priority areas of health, education, infrastructure development, law and order continue to take prominence.
“In 2012 and beyond, more emphasis will be put on human resource development,” Danaya said.
The provincial government is sponsoring students studying in New Zealand. The PNG Sustainable Development Program sponsors selected students to study at the Institute of Technology in Australia on technical areas in the mining and petroleum industry.
“The most important matter in the 2012 budget is the implementation of the budget,” Danaya said.
He urged public servants to ensure the budget was implemented properly and effectively.
“If they fail, nothing happens in the delivery of basic goods and services and the people will continue to suffer.
“We must achieve positive results from this huge budget,” he said.
Danaya said the priority areas were people-focused.
“It is men who build roads, bridges, wharves, jetties, health centres, hospitals, schools and workers’ housing.
“The revenue from non-renewable resources like mining, oil and gas must be invested in agriculture, land and human resource development. This is the way to go forward.”