Spread our resources

THE government is concentrating too much on investments in the petroleum and mining sectors, or the non-renewable resource sectors.
It is concentrating and waiting for revenue from every shipment of oil, gas, gold, copper, nickel and cobalt.
The other sectors like agriculture, industrries or manufacturing are given less attention.
If the government can invest in those sectors by opening three or four factories every year to export our agricultural, industrial and other products, it will balance the equation of revenue generation where all sectors contribute revenues to the State.
Over the years we continue to obtain huge loans to build roads, sporting facilities, Apec facilities and the returns from those investments have been nil.
The government should now change its focus to invest and get something in return; build factories and create employment, export products and increase our foreign exchange levels.
More industries will increase our tax revenue and boost funding for our national budget and as a result we will see a reduction in foreign aid and loans.
The CEOs, department secretaries, government advisers and politicians should provide serious advice and implement these strategies to make things better for our people.
Start opening factories and exporting our products and not depend solely on petroleum and mining.
Let’s not go down the same path that Nauru took to where it is today. Nauru depended solely on its phosphate resources and then misused its wealth, and as a result are now facing hardship with its citizens struggling with no medicine and a lack of basic needs.

Concerned Citizen