O’Neill says work on stadium to start in 2019

By ZACHERY PER
PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill has reaffirmed his commitment to build a stadium in Goroka for athletes around the country.
He reiterated an earlier commitment to develop the stadium at the National Sports Institute (NSI) and called on relevant stakeholders, including Eastern Highlands Governor Peter Numu and Goroka MP Henry Ame, to ensure cooperation for the project.
O’Neill said it was important to build the stadium in Goroka to prepare athletes at high altitude for international events.
“The project will start next year and will be delivered in this term of Parliament,” O’Neill said.
Numu and Ame said they were behind the development of the stadium.
Numu thanked O’Neill for his commitment to have the stadium built in Goroka and assured him of the provincial government’s support.
He said the conditions in Eastern Highlands were perfect to prepare athletes to compete at the international levels.
Numu said he would support any move by the Government and the PNG Sports Foundation regarding the stadium.
Meanwhile, Ame had earlier worked on a documentation of the stadium which is ready to be tabled before the prime minister.
Ame hailed the selection of NSI as the venue for the stadium to be built because it was in his electorate.
He also assured that the Goroka administration would do its part to see the project through.