MENYAMYA MP PLANS TO FOCUS ON ROADS TO BRING SERVICE DELIVERY TO THE PEOPLE

Road upgrades and improvements would be a focus as a catalyst in the flow of service delivery to Menyamya District, says a Member of Parliament. Menyamya Member and the Vice Minister for Finance Benjamin Phillip said his government was rolling out and implementing its plans focused on the improvement and upgrade of the main highway from the Hidden Valley Junction in the Wau/Bulolo District to Menyamya station. He said satellite roads within the district would also be improved and upgraded as part of the implementation of its plans. “My government is focusing on improving the roads as we believe that it is through good roads that tangible service delivery can be felt by the people of Menyamya/Aseki,” Phillip said. “ Better roads means access for coffee growers to markets in Lae, which will equate to more cash flow and increase economic activity and also it reduces cost in bringing materials for infrastructural development in the district such as schools, health centers, and other district services”. “As such we have already commenced work since last year with 60-70 % of road works already being completed from a total funding of K12 million,” Phillip said. He said the obstacles that are slowing work progress are limited funding, bureaucratic red tape from the Provincial Supply Tenders Board, and lack of co-operation and partnership from the Morobe Provincial Government. Phillip said better road conditions is the key to service delivery and economic prosperity in his district and as such his government will slowly work at that to achieve the National governments and his districts policy objectives. He appealed to the district and provincial government to support him as it takes time for the outcomes to be achieved and not to use the media to attack him for political purposes.