Urban drift a problem

PEOPLE are flocking in numbers from our rural areas to the urban centres seeking employment, holiday or for other reasons. Let’s take NCD as a good example of a city which was once peaceful and clean but now unsafe and dirty.
The recent ethnic clashes and the killing of a soldier is one too many.
The hooligans involved in that fight are mostly unemployed.
We also have the betel nut ban in NCD and, again, those who sell betel nuts are also unemployed.
You walk in a house or yard and you will find three to four families in one house or yard and most of them are unemployed or doing nothing.
If the government and our NCD governor is really serious about clamping down on such illicit activities that damage public services and take human lives then they should look at the core root of the problem – the uncontrolled rural-to-urban migration.
The influx of unemployed people is what is causing the problem in Port Moresby.
This goes to the government and to our NCD Governor, Parkop: Are there plans to control the rural to-urban drift? When will we see some serious actions to deal with this problem?
If we don’t deal with this decisively now we may end up with a serious civil unrest in future.

Local critic
NCD