Lands and Housing not being responsive

I DO not own land in Port Moresby and not even a house for that matter.
Last year, I reported to Lands Department of a piece of land in a prime residential area in Boroko which was not developed or occupied so I asked if I could buy the land to build my home. I have lived with wantoks in the same street in 1987 and knew that this land has not been utilised since.
The lands officer who assisted me confirmed that the land I inquired about belonged to PNG Power Limited but because it was never developed for more than 20 years, the department would assist me through legal processes.
When I followed up again, I ran into a brick wall with no positive responses.
Being suspicious, I went back to the area two weeks after my first contact with Lands Department and noticed that a new high corrugated fence was built around the land which was bush/grasses for more than 20 years.
This is corruption at its best. Lands Department is treating PNG citizens like me contemptuously.
I feel cheated and betrayed by the mandated state institutions which are supposed to serve the interest of its people. The state is failing to protect the interests of its citizens.
While many citizens are mistreated, we find it totally unacceptable for Lands Department and the Lands Board to give away prime land to foreigners on a golden plate.
PNG citizens are made to look like fools in their own land.
Look at the prime pieces of land around the Central Government Offices at Waigani which were originally earmarked for the establishment of government departments and state agencies.
I have observed that to a larger degree, the socio-economic predicaments of our citizens are induced by the actions or inactions of our own leaders, institutions and citizens.
The government needs to take decisive action to address this problem.
Consecutive governments have continuously failed miserably to adequately look after the best brains in the public service and with the current resources development boom, there is already a high attrition rate in the public service.
This poses a huge threat to the state’s ability to efficiently administer and regulate the resource industries, let alone better manage the economy.
The government must intervene and investigate the Lands Department and the National Housing Corporation because there are serious problems in these two state institutions which needed to be addressed, including the broader nationwide land and housing issues confronting our public servants and the nation as a whole.

Affected Citizen
Port Moresby.