North Fly ready to be a province

 WESTERN is commonly regarded as the least developed province, but I believe that together, we can change that. There are many underlying factors behind this “least developed” tag, but we need to fix the fundamental issue. Western must have separate, dedicated headquarters for each of its regions. We need to split our huge and inaccessible (wetlands and mountain ranges) land mass into two or three provinces. I suggest North Fly province, Middle Fly province and South Fly province or Upper Fly and Lower Fly. Perhaps we can have our own provincial headquarters in Kiunga so development grants from the national government budget and funds from LNG developers can come directly to us (the people of North Fly) and not via Daru (currently the provincial headquarters). Kiunga Township is currently transforming into a business hub for the third LNG project and the population in North Fly district is booming. North Fly has grown  and has the capacity to manage itself as a province, not a district. If Hela and Jiwaka can be accorded provincial status, why not North Fly?

Son of North Fly, via email