Maprik can transform Sepik, says Sukwianomb

AN educationist has described Maprik in East Sepik as a place that can transform the province, country and region.
University of Goroka Chancellor Joseph Sukwianomb told the people of Maprik, when closing the UOG council meeting last Thursday, that vanilla had immense potential.
“As I am speaking, more than K1 million has been exchange on the (Maprik) streets, where vanilla buyers are buying vanilla beans from local farmers for K900 to K1200 per kilogram,” he said.
Sukwianomb encouraged villagers to use their money wisely and invest in positive things like education.
He said Maprik was like a small trade centre of where people traded vanilla and fish.
“I hear Maprik people do not have criminal attitudes,” Sukwianomb said.
“People can walk with large amounts of cash in town and no one will steal from them.”
He said most villagers went to the PNG-Indonesian border to buy goods and then come back and resell them in Maprik.
“Why not you stay here and let those people come and invest in your town?” Sukwianomb said.
“Money is flowing every day.”