Chief Ombudsman Richard Pagen and senior staff from the Ombudsman Commission, have urged the three parliamentarians from new Ireland to rehabilitate and upgrade the accommodation for police and cis as well as extend the lockup in Kavieng to avoid containing men, women and juveniles in the same cells. The visit to Kavieng today, follows their visit to manus on monday and to West New Britain tomorrow. The Member for Kavieng on behalf of the KDDA was delighted to host the meeting held at the nusa island retreat. All three members of parliament were invited to attend but the namatanai mp conveyed his apologies as he was out of the country and the governor was absent. " I know that both my parliamentary colleagues would agree with me that we are keen to resolve the immediate housing issues in the law & order sector in kavieng and funding really, should not be an issue" said the Kavieng MP.
He suggested a way forward was to assess how much PIP funding was available from the departments of police and cis for housing in new ireland,if any, and asked provincial police commander nebanat to provide their respective Offices, accurate costings so that they could then identify the availability of funds from their respective NIPG and DDA budgets including PSIP/DSIP funds. " I am encouraged to learn today that the visit by the OC delegation to the NGI region, is a new initiative wherein, rather then investigate a complaint on housing which would be costly and time consuming, instead, you have consulted with key stakeholders to find a solution rather then meadering on the problem" He said this new approach by the OC would make its interventions more relevant and he was confident, elected leaders would welcome it with open arms. Next : PNG's Alotau Remains Tense After Gunning Down Of Notorious Criminal Comments are closed.
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