K800,000 for light project

IMBONGGU MP Pila Niningi says he wants his people, especially children, to be able to read or study at nights.
Yesterday, the district gave additional K800,000 for electrification programmes in different areas.
He said K300,000 was for the Kaka to Kero project within the Ialibu Basin and K500,000 was for the Lipenomu to Piambil electrification project.
Niningi said the funds were additional to what was paid for the electrification programmes in his Southern Highlands district since 2018.
PNG Power Ltd (PPL) managing director Flagon Bekker said: “PPL, we take our responsibility to the community very seriously.
“These two projects are an indication of how we work with community with our partners in government to deliver on the ground.
“The low level of electrification in the country is something that is not acceptable to PPL or our shareholders or our partners.
“Those two projects are an example of how we can accelerate electrification by working together and we really appreciate the funding, the help at the practical level on the ground for our project team and in the end I believe we need more partners such as the minister.
“The two projects are close to distribution level, it’s close to where people are.
“These are projects that actually connect people to the grid.
“One is a 3km and another is a 23km.”
Niningi, who is the Minister of Inter Government Relations and Justice and Attorney-General, said he wanted to light up his district through the rollout of electrification projects to complement other developments taking place in sectors such as education and health.
He said once the project was completed, it would benefit more than 50,000 people.
“The people living in this area are some of the most marginalised people when it comes to Government service delivery,” he said.