MP doctor who walks, hikes to reach out to remote villagers in Enga
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Incumbent Wabag MP Dr
Lino Tom has been walking and hiking hills fo days to reach out to remote
villagers in Enga. The medical doctor, who won as an Independent in 2017, is
seen here attending to a woman with head injury (bandaged).
MP doctor who walks,
hikes to reach out to remote villagers in Enga
PORT MORESBY: Incumbent Wabag MP Dr Lino Tom
(Independent in 2017) is likely to submit his nomination papers today (May 26,
2022) to defend his seat, but this time on a People’s Party ticket.
His supporters started
arriving in truck loads on Tuesday (May 24, 2022) night from remote areas in
Enga to witness Tom’s nomination.
However, he has been
walking and hiking for days to reach out to remote villagers.
“I carry medical supplies
with my officers by hiking the hills,” Tom said during his visit to Kayamatok on
Tuesday.
Wabag MP Dr Lino Tom (in blue tee-shirt)
briefing villagers on health and the need for easy access to basic government
services. He and his officers also carried medical supplies for villagers who
needed treatment.
PNG Cyber Monitor reproduces below a few news updates on Papua New Guinea’s General Election 2022 as published by The National:
May 26, 2022The
NationalMain Stories
His supporters started arriving in truck loads on Tuesday night from remote
areas in Enga to witness Tom’s nomination.
However, he has been walking and hiking hills for days to reach out to remote
villagers.
“I carry medical supplies with my officers by hiking the hills,” Tom said
during his visit to Kayamtok on Tuesday.
While most election hopefuls or candidate are campaigning and visiting places
with huge gatherings, Tom chose to visit the most remote areas where there are
fewer people to assure them that he would continue with his service delivery if
he is returned as MP.
People ran downhill from their huts to greet him when he arrived at the
villages.
Maramuni’s Kayamatok is one of the remotest villages with no road access.
“It is tough and challenging. If you do not have the heart, you will give up
easily and turn back. These people matter more to me.
“Often, we forget about them because of the remoteness of their villages but
they still need us and basic Government services,” he added.
Tom said the road had been built as far as Maramuni station and he would
continue until all the remote villages were linked by road.
“I have walked for days to give immunisation and provide medical services to
them and I have felt their pain,” he said.
Tom also inspected the roads to ensure work was progressing.
“That is why I have been lobbying for funds to have roads built to give easy
access for health services, which is paramount, and other Government services,”
he added.
Tom also checked out the newly built Kiwi-Anditale road yesterday to ensure
work was progressing and not disrupted by the 2022 general election.
One woman among 28 candidates running for
Goilala Open
ONLY one day left for
nominations and the Goilala open seat has only registered one female candidate
among the 28 others.
District returning officer Theodore Maia said Matilda Tagu Koma filed her
nomination on Thursday as an Independent candidate, which would be her fifth
time to try and wrestle for the seat.
He said there had been no crowd control or security issues on site despite the
history of Goilala people misbehaving.
“The people of Goilala are known to be violent people but since nominations
started last week we had no issue” he said.
Maia said the only crowd that had traditional dancers which created noise at
the Boroko area was Mathilda’s supporters when she filed her nomination.
He said 25 candidates nominated last week. “Nominations has been running
smooth, we only had four who came in to nominate on Monday” he said.
He called on supporters and candidates to continue to control and behave
themselves for the rest of the election period.
Hela yet to have a female contestant nominate
NOMINATIONS for 2022
general election close at 4pm today and 85 candidates – all men – have been
nominated in Hela as of Tuesday.
Hela elections manager John Tipa said 12 nominations were accepted for the
provincial seat, 10 for Tari-Pori, 23 for Koroba-Lake Kopiago, 26 for
Komo-Hulia and 14 for Margarima.
“So far, nominations have been conducted peacefully,” he said, reminding Papua
New Guineans that election returning officers were only present to facilitate
the electoral process.
“Election is for the people to elect their leaders (once every five years).
Your ballot papers (that you cast from July 2 to 22) hold the power.
“You alone will decide,” he added.
Tipa said there would be 81 polling stations in the province.
Meanwhile, Hela police commander Robin Bore has issued a warning to all truck
owners engaged to carry supporters during election not to overload and to drive
responsibly.
He said five people died on the spot in fatal a car accident on Monday
afternoon.
Bore said that the accident was not election-related but was caused by the
driver’s carelessness.
“This must therefore be a wake-up call to all to always drive responsibility
during the general election,” he added.
Restriction placed on sale of alcohol in three
provinces
By GEORGINA KOREI
ASSISTANT Commissioner
of Police for Highlands Eastern End Rigga Neggi says there has been a
restriction on the sale of alcohol in Western Highlands, Jiwaka and Chimbu.
“Instructions have been issued to all the liquor outlets to stop the sales of
alcohol as of the issue of writs. They can continue business after the return
of writs,” he said.
He said only hotels and restaurants would be selling alcohol to be served with
food.
“There will be no alcohol served as takeaway to customers in hotels,” he said.
He said alcohol has caused so many social problems within communities and the
restriction would help to minimise problems during the election.
He said those liquor shops that do not comply with the ban would be dealt with
by the police.
He said there were also directives from Police Minister William Onglo two
months ago concerning the alcohol restriction nationwide during the election.
“We are just implementing what has been proposed earlier with the hope that
this will help for a peaceful election,” Neggi said.
Former police commander joins race in Enga
By REBECCA KUKU
FORMER provincial
police commander Martin Mining Lakari has filed his nomination papers to
contest as an Independent in Lagaip.
After his successful nomination, Lakari said election hopefuls should ensure
their supporters behaved and help maintain law and order.
“All contestants must lead by example and work with the Electoral Commission
and security personnel to ensure a free and safe General Election 2022.
“Every candidate is a leader in their own right. We must display exemplary
leadership qualities by observing the rule of law,” he added.
“We are leaders to be elected to serve. We must not behave like criminals to
get our way into Parliament,” he added.
Lakari, who has served as Hela commander for Hela, Southern Highlands, Western
Highlands and Enga, said he resigned to contest the election because he wanted
to restore law and order in his district.
“We have a lot of a law and order issues to resolve and help the people raise
their quality of life,” he added.
In his election poster, Lakari listed law and order, youth empowerment, church
and state partnership, empowering in agriculture and small and medium
enterprises, education and health as primary concerns. He said all the concerns
would be taken up with the Enga provincial government.
RO steps in for Hagen
May 26, 2022The
NationalMain Stories
A LAWYER has told the
Supreme Court in Waigani that the Electoral Commission has directed Western
Highlands returning officer (RO) Joseph Mangbil to accept nominations for the
Hagen Open.
Lawyer Larsen Tangua representing Electoral Commissioner Simon Sinai made this
known to Justice Derek Hartshorn, who presided as a single Supreme Court judge
in Waigani yesterday.
Tangua said Mangbil had stepped in to accept nominations until the issue of the
RO’s appointment for Hagen Open was resolved in court.
Tangua also said he had filed another application to stay a National Court
interim injunction taken out by incumbent Hagen MP William Duma on May 12.
The National Court order of May 12 had:
- RESTRAINED the Electoral
Commission from appointing Willie Ropa as the returning officer (RO) for
Hagen Open; and,
- RECOGNISED Amos Noifa as the
duly appointed RO for Hagen Open.
However, lawyer Tumun Kuma who represented
Duma argued that Tangua, who is from a private law firm, did not get approval
from the Department of Justice and Attorney-General (DJAG) to represent Sinai.
Kuma told the Court that Minister for Justice and Attorney-General Pila Niningi
had to sign off on the approval.
However, Tangua maintained that he did get approval from DJAG and that DJAC
secretary Dr Eric Kwa had signed off on the approval.
However, Justice Hartshorn ordered both lawyers to get further instructions
from their clients and return to court today.
Sinai’s first application for stay was refused by the Supreme Court on Tuesday
after the court ruled that Sinai did not get approval from DJAG to get a
private law firm to act for him.
The case stems from the National Court where Duma filed a case earlier this
month questioning two different RO appointments for the Hagen Open.
Duma, in his case before the National Court, contends that elections in Hagen
Open would be affected because there was one gazette naming Noifa as RO and
another gazette which named Ropa.
Duma through his lawyer Kuma then successfully obtained a stay order in the
National Court on May 12.
That matter is still pending in the National Court.
While that matter was pending in the National Court, Sinai filed his
application for stay and appealed in the Supreme Court.
More nominations
expected
May 26, 2022The
NationalMain Stories
MORESBY North-West has
seen 17 candidates nominate so far heading into the final day of nominations
but an official says more are expected.
Returning officer Vincent Manukayasi said three candidates that went to the
Moresby North-West nomination site yesterday were not able to complete the
process because they did not have the necessary requirements.
He said one of the candidates did not bring the four identification (ID)
photos, one did not pay the nomination fee and the other just collected the
forms and left.
He said the only nomination yesterday was of Ross Oromiva, who had contested
the last two elections.
“With today’s nomination we now have 17 candidates for the Moresby North-West
seat,” Manukayasi said.
“This electorate usually has more than 30 candidates.
“We are expecting a big line up tomorrow (today) because it is the final day
for nominations.”
The returning officer said he was expecting the number to go up to 21 before
close of nominations but it could be more.
He said in the 2017 election there were 38 candidates of which four were women.
“So far we have two nominations from women (Anna Bais, a People’s Party
candidate and Fai Tukeo, a Levites Party candidate).
“I think these are the only two females we will have for this seat.”
Manukayasi said the order of the draw for the Moresby North-West seat would be
held at 9am tomorrow at the Boroko Electoral Commission office.
Meanwhile, according to NCD assistant election manager Roselyn Tabogani seven
nominations were made for Moresby North-East bringing the total up to 55.
She said for Moresby South as of yesterday there were seven nominations and for
the regional 24 nominations have been filed.
Malabag vying for NCD seat
NCD election manager
Kila Ralai receiving the former Minister for Health and HIV/AIDS and MP for
Moresby North-West Michael Malabag’s nomination papers. – Nationalpic by NICKY
BENARD
FORMER Minister for
Health and HIV/AIDS and Moresby North-West MP Michael Malabag says it is about
time a strong Papuan is at the helm of the National Capital District (NCD).
At his nomination yesterday Malabag, for the NCD Regional seat, said he was a
battle hardened veteran of union and national politics who had served continuously
on the NCD Commission Board as commissioner for 17 years (2000-2017) and was
now vying regional seat.
He is running under the PNG National Party.
He was the MP for North-West from 2012-2017 and the Health Minister for that
period under People National Congress party.
“I am standing for the regional seat because of the people, they want me to.
“Many people are saying it’s about time a strong Papuan stand for NCD regional
seat – they are saying that the only strong Papuan leader is you.
“It’s coming from them – using their own words not me.
“We believe it’s about time the seat comes back to one of us.
“Not only that but I have been on the NCDC board for 17 years, 12 years as a
commissioner representing the union movement and when I won the election I kept
on as the MP for North-West and the chairman of the NCD physical planning
board. It is quite a long time and I am well versed in the whole system and
everything.” He said there were a lot of things to do to ensure that long term
measures in addressing issues were in place.
University students to conduct study of
electoral process
By JAMIE HARO
THE Political Science Department of the University of Papua New is conducting a
study on this year’s general election.
Research team leader Michael Kabuni said: “Our research called the ‘PNG Open
Election Data’ will be based on observations made on the aspects of the
electoral processes.”
He said the research aspects would include security, electoral legislation,
creation of new districts, electoral management, political parties, voter
registration, criteria of enrolment and nominations, campaign and polling
schedules and electoral disputes.
“Our election research was sponsored by the National Democratic Institute with
a team made up of students who are currently undergoing studies in honours,
masters, and PhD candidates but are also tutors and lecturers of political
science at UPNG.
“We bid for a competitive research grant from the NDI, that was successful and
funded by the US Government to conduct the ‘Election Data Openness,” Kabuni
added.
He said research was commonly practiced in many parts of the world during
elections and NDI had stepped in to help with PNG election research.
“We will eventually produce a report with recommendations that will be
disseminated for public consumption on how to improve accessibility to official
data on the electoral process in PNG.”
The research began last December and will continue through the elections until
September 2022.
Dangima aims to bring change
NATIONAL Capital District (NCD) governor Powes
Parkop is expected to face a stiff challenge from several candidates in
including Ben Dangima.
Dangima, who is running under the Liberal Party, is a young successful
businessman and a land management graduate from the University of Technology
Hailing from Kerowagi district in Chimbu, Dangima is the eldest son of former
Kerowagi member Camilus Dangima.
Dangima said under his leadership, better policies would be introduced to bring
hope to the hopeless, to give better services to NCD’s indigenous people, the
Motu-Koitabu, settlers, small businesses, the corporate sector, international
communities, churches and other stakeholders.
After the nominating, Dagima thanked his supporters and said NCD was in
disarray and needed immediate change in the leadership.
“Our metropolitan city is being mismanaged due to lack of political
leadership,” he said.
“We need a change, there is no better time than now.
“Our people are suffering in the settlements, suburbs and Motu Koitabu
villages. There is a lack of job opportunities that results in poverty,
unemployment, and increased law and order problems across the city.”
PM defends Aust trip
May 26, 2022The NationalMain Stories
By LULU MAGINDE
PRIME Minister James
Marape says his trip to Australia was to pitch Papua New Guinea as a business
destination to over 200 local business houses.
“For me, this was an Australia-PNG business council meeting; and as the leader
of our country, I needed to channel new investments into our country our way
coming out of the pandemic,” he said. Earlier this week, former prime minister
and Ialibu-Pangia MP Peter O’Neill labelled Marape’s trip as junket and placing
blame on him for killing off investor confidence.
Marape told The National that O’Neill was entitled to his opinions and that as
a former prime minister, he knows whether trips were junkets or not.
“As far as I’m concerned, it was worth my time spent; I jumped on a commercial
flight with my security and protocols and we went to sell the country as a safe
place for continued investments,” he said.
O’Neill, in his statement, said: “Instead of attending this small get together
for investors in Australia, Marape should have kept Porgera operating while it
was a highly functioning mine, but instead his decision has cost thousands of
jobs and K3.9 billion in lost income.
“Further adding that while the country suffers, Marape and his team had jet off
to Australia to try to and undo the damage they had already done.
“The meeting in Brisbane is out of the reach of almost all Papua New Guinean
owned businesses and the cost of each ticket is K5,521-plus, including the
costs return flights and accommodation.”
Candidates nominate despite RO confusion
NINE candidates have
nominated so far to contest the Hagen Open seat while the issue of its
returning officer is yet to be resolved, an election official says.
This has caused the nominations for the seat to be collected by two different
officers and at separate locations.
The appointment of the two returning officers, Willie Ropa and Amos Notifa, had
initially caused confusion and consternation but candidates decided to nominate
regardless.
Notifa accepted four nominations, including from the sitting MP and acting
Prime Minister William Duma since May 19.
The candidates, who nominated along with Duma through Notifa were Peter Kara,
Wan Kewa and Rumba Minimbi.
However, candidates Luke Mathew, James Puk and George Simon’s nominations were
accepted by the provincial returning officer Joseph Mangbil on Tuesday.
Mathew and Puk confirmed that their nominations were accepted by Mangbil.
Notifa said the confusion came about because he and Ropa had applied and their
names had appeared on the gazette.
He said there were only two bodies that could resolve the matter and they were
the Electoral Commission and the courts.
Notifa said a court order had been put in place on May 12 allowing him to
collect nominations for Hagen open while the matter was before the court.
“Therefore, candidates who wish to nominate can come forward,” he said.
Mangbil confirmed yesterday that he has accepted nominations for three
candidates.
Candidate informs voters of key policies
Incumbent
Ialibu-Pangia MP Peter O’Neill at the Momei Oval in Mendi, Southern Highlands
yesterday during a rally for Independent candidate Peter Nupiri. Nupiri is
contesting the Southern Highlands regional seat.
CIVIL engineer Peter Nupiri says governance,
law and order, health and education are amongst 10 of his key policies.
The 45-year-old is contesting the Southern Highlands regional seat as an
independent candidate.
Nupiri spoke about his ambitions at a packed Momei Oval in Mendi yesterday.
Incumbent Ialibu-Pangia MP and People’s National Congress (PNC) party leader
Peter O’Neill who was present to show support said he regretted endorsing
incumbent Governor William Powi in the 2017.
O’Neill claimed that Powi did not do much for the province with millions of
Kina in provincial service improvement programme funding over the years.
“I made a mistake thinking he was honourable and had good intentions, but I am
making up for it with a team of quality candidates in 2022,” he said.
O’Neill said PNC has endorsed 97 candidates nationwide for this national
election.
Former Nipa-Kutubu MP Philemon Embel is the party’s candidate for the Southern
Highlands regional seat.
O’Neill noted that the province has around 450,000 young people under the age
of 25, coupled with the fact that 21,400 babies being born each year.
“All these young people and their families deserve better leadership at the
top; our provincial administration staff deserve better strategic leadership
and we most desperately need to increase good governance to stop the riots that
have been going on,” he said.
“We have been blessed in Southern Highlands with an abundance of natural gifts
but we need a team that will take these blessing and turn them into better
lives for our people with excellent service delivery.”
Businesswoman eyes Oro
seat
May 26, 2022The
NationalMain Stories
BUSINESSWOMAN Esmie
Sinapa wants to build Northern to be a better province over the next five years
if she wins the regional seat.
Sinapa, 52, from Eroro in the Oro Bay area outside Popondetta town, is focused
on economic empowerment for her province through innovative solutions in
agriculture, fisheries (coastal and inland) and tourism.
Sinapa filed her nomination last week as an Independent.
“Oro is a large part of what makes me who I am because it is my birth place, my
language group and the province I grew up in and where my parents are buried,”
she said.
“Unfortunately the quality of life and livelihoods for the people have not improved
after 46 years of democratic governance.
“I can no longer stand by and watch my people be neglected and see the lack of
hope for a brighter future for the children of Oro.
“Visionary, bold and transformational leadership is needed now more than ever
to transform Oro and better the lives of our people,” Sinapa said.
A mother of five and grandmother of five grandchildren, Sinapa is one of the
three women candidates contesting the provincial seat.
The other two are Jean Eparo (Independent) and Pheobe Sangetari (United Labour
Party).
Meanwhile, Northern election manager Daisy Hombogani told The National that
a total of 23 candidates had filed their nominations to contest the Northern
regional seat.
Hombogani said the updates for the other electorates included: seven candidates
nominating for Sohe yesterday bringing the total to 32; two nominations for
Ijivitari bringing their progressive total of 24 and seven for the new
Popondetta open bringing its running total to 27.
She said nominations were continuing to come in with the days counting down and
more candidates were expected to file on the final day today.
Four women candidates to contest seats in
Bougainville
Nomination day …
Dulciana Somare-Brash being greeted by people at the Angoram district
headquarters in East Sepik on Tuesday. Dulciana said she assumed that her
lodgment of nomination papers would be a quiet administrative procedure.
However, she said many women, children and youth led by female elders, were
waiting to greet her at Angoram. Dulciana is the daughter of Papua New Guinea’s
founding father late Sir Michael Somare. – Picture suppliedBy LULU MARK
FOUR female candidates
were part of the 51 nominations made so far to contest in the general election
for the various seats in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB), an
official says.
Election manager and provincial returning officer for AROB Justine Pantumari
said the nominations started last Thursday and was open daily from 8am to 4pm.
He said up until Tuesday the regional seat had five nominations, North
Bougainville had twenty-one, Central Bougainville had sixteen and South Bougainville
had nine.
He said three female candidates from Central Bougainville – Julie Kandi
Dengori, Rosmary Moses and Lynette Ona – were all independent candidates while
one from North Bougainville – Beverly Tsibosah Olsei Sauvia – is running under
PNG Destiny Party.
“All the sitting MPs nominated last week Thursday to defend their seats.
“For the regional seat I am expecting some more nominations but it might not go
up to or beyond ten.
“The order of draw for the regional seat and North Bougainville will be held on
Friday from 10am to 12pm at the Bel Isi Park which is at the heart of Buka
Town.”
Pantumari said the returning officer for North Bougainville Garry Kenehe would
be there at the park for the order of the draw which would include the election
steering committee members.
He said the returning officers for Central Bougainville Wendall Tiotarau and
South Bougainville Chris Toke would conduct the order of the draw after the
nominations close.
“After the order of the draw when the candidates get their box numbers they can
go ahead and start campaigning.” He is expecting some more nominations today.
Give woman opportunity in decision making
roles, says Tekwie
Dorothy Tekwie
WEST Sepik has been lagging behind in
development for years hence a change is needed so women must be given the
opportunity to lead, candidate for West Sepik regional Dorothy Tekwie says.
Tekwie’s nomination was made on Friday and so far she is one of two women
candidates.
The other is Yvonne Mai, vying for the regional seat alongside 29 male
candidates.
She is contesting under the Social Democratic Party (SDP) whose other female
candidate is Angela Nelson for the Alotau Open.
Tekwie said West Sepik was not moving forward due to a lack of quality
leadership and that was the same story for many other provinces and
electorates.
She said it was time for change and the best symbol of change and looking for a
fresh direction with decisive leadership was to vote a woman. “This is a call
not only to the people of West Sepik but to everyone in PNG,” she said.
“We need women in Parliament,”
“Give women leaders throughout PNG the chance to represent you in Parliament.
We need women in Parliament” she said.
Being a social worker and development adviser, she has been working in the
policy and development space since the 1980s and has also served as an adviser
to politicians such as Sir Julius Chan and the late Dr Bernard Narokobi when he
was Speaker of Parliament.
Tekwie, who has previously contested seats in her native West Sepik and Port
Moresby, said this would be the fourth and last time to run for office.
She first contested for the West Sepik regional seat in 1987 under Pangu Pati,
then in 1997 she contested for the Moresby North-West seat under People’s
Progress Party and in 2012 she contested the Vanimo Green seat under the Greens
Party.
“After 12 years of living with the people and feeling disappointed with the
quality of leadership I am running again,” she said.
“I have gone past the age of thinking about myself and I feel I need to do this
one more time and show that women can provide the leadership this country
needs.”
Morobe to have more candidates
May 26, 2022The NationalMain Stories
WAU-WARIA returning officer Fidelis Harrisol says he is expecting more than 25 candidates to contest this new electorate’s seat in Morobe.
Harrisol said so far 22 male candidates have nominated.
“We will see today if there will be any woman candidate(s) standing to contest
this newly established electorate.”
Harrisol said candidates have expressed that there should all work together and
avoid discouraging each other during the campaign period.
He said it has been a quiet during nomination period.
“Wau town was quiet and people behave very well despite the fact that we have
had faced a situation where not long ago, Wau town experienced the deadly feud
among settlers,” he said.
He also mentioned that Bulolo-based Mobile Squad 15 is on the ground in Wau and
will be providing security in the newly created electorate during the
campaigning period and, hopefully, all through the entire election process.
Harrisol appealed to the public in Wau town to adhere to all election rules and
regulations to ensure that a peaceful election is sought for the new electorate.
Public servant ready to serve people of Nuku electorate
Ready to listen …
People gathered at a village outside of Wewak, East Sepik, last Saturday to
listen to a candidate for the Wewak Open electorate speak about his plans and
that of his party. According to the PNG Electoral Commission, nominations
around the country will at 4pm today. – Nationalpic by GYNNIE KERO
By LULU MAGINDE
SIMPLY looking to provide the people of Nuku an alternative style of
leadership, experienced public servant Adam Wangu has entered the race for the
seat of Nuku Open.
“We need a better and efficient mechanism for service delivery as one of the
basic needs which I would like to establish is a rural water service to all the
major villages,” he said.
Aiming to achieve this through economically empowering the people with
agriculture projects, he says, “the land is where we have to start with as it
is through the land that we achieve economic independence for our rural
population.”
Having served as the first secretary to the West Sepik Governor Tony Wouwou and
having first-hand knowledge of project management working as a geologist in the
country and abroad, he is sure that with his established network and time spent
with the Governor, he can help serve his people.
Five of the major priorities are weathered roads, better health services, more
classrooms, more support to the small to medium enterprises and more financial
assistance to struggling low income households.
“I believe in God and myself that I can provide in improving the life of my
people ,” he said.
Former NFA head in race for Huon Gulf seat
By JIMMY KALEBE
FORMER managing
director to the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) John Kasu was among seven
other candidates for the Morobe’s Huon Gulf seat that nominated last Friday.
Kasu concluded his eighth year and second term as the NFA’s managing director
last year and is contesting the seat for the first time as an independent
candidate.
Kasu, from Labu-Tale village, ward 6 of Wampar local level government was
accompanied by family members, supporters during the nomination.
He said he has the experience, expertise and heart to serve his district at the
political leadership level, and bring about tangible services at the ward
level.
Under his slogan, “Servant to serve”, Kasu said his management of community
impact projects at the NFA, has opened his eyes to the grim reality of hardship
faced by most rural communities, and especially in the three LLG areas of
Wampar, Salamaua and Morobe.
He believes he has the experience and skills to not only bring in impact
projects but also to sustain them for maximum benefit and impact.
The Huon Gulf has increased its status as an economic powerhouse district,
along with neighbouring Bulolo and Lae districts, as it hosts the upcoming
Wafi-Golpu mine project, the Nadzab International Airport upgrading and
proposed Special Economic zone project at Labu, all in Wampar LLG area.
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