Let legit groups operate

RECENT prominence and publicity in the news has prompted me to investigate the so-called “Morobe Tertiary Students”.
My findings, firstly at the Investment Promotion Authority website, reveals no such association being in existence.
Secondly, my interviews of students based in Lae and attending both the University of Technology and University of Papua New Guinea, have indicated that there appears to be a Morobe group but of uncertain legality and standing.
This brings to question who this so-called student body really is, rather, who it represents and for what purpose?
If they are educated and being university students, then their so-called group should have been legitimised.
Further, my interviews reveal group meetings have been known to be held under the name of Morobe but with no proper organised meetings, no financial reports, no constitution being cited or published and etc.
More worrying is that provincial administration in Lae and governor should be wary of such a group going around, purportedly under the pretext of serving the interest of the tertiary students in Morobe.
Such a group is illegal in its standing and should neither be holding gatherings nor soliciting support from unsuspecting Morobeans, let alone be allowed to speak on behalf of other students.
If they are genuine and are educated as they claim to be, then they should be organised and formally endorsed by the appropriate statutory agencies.
If not, then such bogus groups must never be allowed to operate within the institutions of our country.

Aye LAE ngapali
FeWopa