Nothing to show for millions spent in Namatanai: MP

DESPITE Namatanai being a resource-rich district, it has consumed millions of kina over the past 40 years, says MP Walter Schnaubelt.
He said it was difficult to track the investments made or see any positive changes in the lives of Namatanai people who continue to lack basic services.
Schnaubelt highlighted this while presenting his five-year district development plan 2018-2022 and 2018 district services improvement programme (DSIP) acquittal reports to the Department of Implementation and Rural Development in Port Moresby yesterday.
“Doing business in Namatanai can become a great risk to local businesses and foreign investors due to the deteriorating state and lack of key infrastructures that is badly required to deliver basic government services and to support the local economy,” he said.
He said since independence the district lacked a plan with concrete visions to guide government budgets, investments and resource allocations.
Schnaubelt said PNG was good at devising great plans, however the key to success lies unquestionably in the integrity of its leaders.
“Without integrity, honesty and accountable leadership, real success will not be possible,” he said.
“Our God has blessed uswith a great abundance of mineral, marine and land resources that is being extracted in billions of kina but has not translated into improving lives of our people.”