Roads key to nation building

BUILDING more national, provincial and district roads and maintaining them is the key to nation building and economic independence.
Most of our people living in the rural areas have little to no know knowledge about the civilised world.
Some people have been waiting for government services for over four decades now.
This nation will be better off if 35 per cent of our country’s annual budget is allocated to Works and Transport Department to build and carry out the maintenance of our roads and bridges throughout the country.
Better ideas for development would come about when there is access to roads.
But many rural parts of our provinces are suffering.
A good example is Morobe.
The province has nine highly-populated districts (Menyamya-Aseki, Wau-Bulolo, Huon Gulf, Markham, Nawaeb, Lae, Finschhaffen, Tewai-Siassi and Kabwum).
The people of these nine districts have been crying for road links and maintenance for years.
We, the people of Morobe and especially Wau-Bulolo are already fed up.
All our roads from Lae to Wau, Bulolo to Watut and Menyamya/Aseki, Mumeng to Buang, Gebensis to Buang, Wau to Biaru, and Sambio to Wawas in Watut are in very bad conditions and are becoming unsafe for travelling.
Bulolo hosts two mines, Zenag Chicken, and PNG Forest Products
The people engage in alluvial gold mining, grow coffee, and cocoa.
We need good roads.

Samson C Nap, Buang, Bulolo