Governor worried about inaccessibility of services

MOROBE GOVERNOR Luther Wenge says 87 per cent of the population living in rural areas does not access much of the basic services.
Wenge said the organic law on provincial and local level government which came into effect in 1995 was supposed to help Government deliver basic infrastructure services to the people. But this did not eventuate.
He said this during the announcement of a bipartisan committee comprising nine governors and three MPs to address provincial government systems in the country.
Wenge, who is the committee’s chairman said: “I will make sure we make changes so services are delivered to the people right at the rural areas and ensure resources are available for them.
“We must change the laws to enable service delivery and this committee is determined to work as a team to help our people.
“Public servants living in different parts of the country are not attending to the people, resources made available are not being delivered so we have to look into and ensure people get what they deserve.”
Wenge added that the country is made up of rugged mountains and rivers, separating people and making it difficult to access basic service.
Provincial and Local Level Government Affairs Minister Soroi Eoe said during the governor’s conference in March that the Government’s ability to deliver services were limited by various factors.
“The legal and administrative functions are transferred to the provinces and one of the main problem is the lack of human and financial resources in the provincial governments, “ Eoe said.
Eoe added that this posed a challenge for the Government and that a good government system was required to guide the nation forward.
He said unless the government system was functioning, all the talk about investment and economic development would not eventuate.