Police want act enforced
By MIRIAM ZARRIGA
NATIONAL Capital District (NCD) police wants the Community Development Department to look into enforcing the Lukautim Pikinini Act after an increase in the number of children frequenting traffic light areas.
Asst Comm of Police (ACP) NCD/Central Anthony Wagambie Jr said children had become a nuisance and were harassing the public, especially female drivers.
“Some have resorted to snatching valuables from drivers and passengers in vehicles,” he said.
“I have directed the metropolitan superintendent to immediately ensure police presence at these areas and to move these children away.
“This is a social problem, police can only do what they can.
“We chase them away, they return and this issue needs a collaborated effort from the Department of Community Development and other relevant state agencies and even NGOs (non-governmental organisations).
“We will explore the possibility of enforcing the Lukautim Pikinini Act which protects the juveniles who are involved in this activity.
“We need to find out whether this is purely parental neglect or these children are genuinely homeless and work towards assisting them where we can.
“If these is not addressed soon, the neglect can lead these juveniles into a life of crime, causing more problems for city residents in the near future.
“We need a collaborated approach now before these becomes a bigger problem for the whole city.”
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Well said Mr Wagambie. This act needs to be enforced so that parents are held accountable for their negligence. By now the community development should have done their own report, which should identify why these juveniles are roaming freely around the cities/towns. Their should be some kind of indicators, that will help the government and our law makers to enact a law, protecting these juveniles and hold parents accountable. I also wonder what exactly are these charity organizations doing to help.
These children are definitely nuisance and unnecessary. They pretend to be baggers, orphans, child from a single parent and so forth. Mr I commend raising this issue. You see these children, you see poverty and represents bigger government policy issues on service delivery to to our people. It’s not only one sector issue, it is the entire national issue that affects all of us.
And what about the rest of PNG urban centres. Olgeta law and order issues mas lo Pom tasol ya. This operation has to be country wide. Everything happening in Pom and the rest of PNG is like living in Stone/Bronze age or something. Be Fare for the good of every citizens.
Yupla pom city tasol sa baim TAX or??????
Sick and tired of shallow and concentrated service deliveries in PNG.
Fantastic idea for our police to focus on children. They already show how brave they are by beating up women. Maybe one day they will work up to being able to face men.
If we act now, it will be for the good. But if we leave it for later, as is in most cases for PNG, it will be far worse than we’d imagine it to be? Therefore, if the Community Development is responsible for this then there are a lot of issues besides these kids that they need to fix up and get right as well. They need to start somewhere and at some point and keep the momentum going. But at present the trend is that they start something and it dies out along the way and become dysfunctional.
Good call. A lot of school aged children roaming the streets. They are a sore eye which often begs the question: where are the parents? It is not the states responsibility to be caring for illegitimate children. Hold the parents accountable. If every adult citizen took up their responsibilities seriously, PNG would be a better place to live in.
It is a good question Samson plus others will ask; where are their parents and what are they doing? But again there are other questions related also to addressing this kind of issue as such; Is there enough school in place in towns and rural and remote areas for the children to attend? Teachers fortnights – are the teachers on the payroll? Is there jobs available for children after schooling to be employed? There are many more questions to be asked and responded too. Please let us open our minds and hearts to see and questions regarding issues thet are arising in our country.
Mr. Wagambie, you are in tune with what is happening. I commend you for that. The authorities have turned a blind eye on this issue, hoping that it will mysteriously disappear. This will become a major problem in the future if not addressed today. Keep the up the great job that you’re already doing!
The most important thing government need to implement to safe children in city, approved and fund money for the youths submit their request for doing any kind business they needed.
Mr Wagambie, we the general public will only give some ideas.Take these ideas and discuss it with the people responsible so that this problem is fixed once and for all.We have seen the issues have already arisen regarding this and so the people responsible to make some action plan so this problem be fixed.Not just come on media and problem is left there without doing anything.
You and the commissioner are in the right position to bring this to the attention of our authorities and will take necessary action.
Mr. Wagambie, good plans for Pom city and how about other centres. This problem goes back to parents or adults or those thinking of bringing up children. Please, wokim long mak blo en. Parents or adults bring up many children and hard to care for their well-being. Remember, When Christ comes, He will surely ask you, Where is my sheep? What will be your answer? If you think you can’t take care for blessings that God has given, then stop bringing children into the world and suffer them and they roam the streets. Stop begging government to take care of them because you yourself blindly flocking the sheep in the wrong fold. I think every family should minimize their family size to care-take the needs of God’s given heritage you parents have in the family.
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