Parkop, remain strong despite opposition
The National, Wednesday March 12th, 2014
I APPEAL to NCD Governor Powes Parkop to carry on with the buai ban.
Do not listen to those who dispute the good you are initiating with the ban.
It is surprising for politicians to question the ban.
Have they thought about the consequences of not having the ban?
It appears that these politicians and one minister talk as if they have not set foot out of the country.
It shows poor leadership for not devising laws and policies that could improve the general wellbeing of people over time.
Let me remind them about the value of the ban.
First, it will prevent rubbish and spittle from piling up on the city’s streets.
Second, it will lower the rate of tuberculosis, which is spread quickly through air and moisture.
Third, we will look more civilised with our streets, buildings and people looking clean and bright.
Fourth, it should also help raise the level of our thinking and performance at work.
Fifth, the capital of the largest country in the Pacific Islands will be comparable to the capitals of smaller island nations like Port Vila and Noumea.
PNG has seven million people and no other Pacific Island nation’s population has even reached one million.
Parkop, 10 years down the road you will go into our history books for the change that was needed and simple to understand.
PNG Tauna
Port Moresby