tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35529727130397638962024-03-14T02:38:22.626-07:00TiikiiembShiiemb...is a natural out growth of a column that has been appearing in the Sunday Chronicle every Sunday since 2006. The column is under the same name. Many of the articles in the bolg are run in the Sunday Chronicle- they are current and address issues of development in contemporary Papua New Guinea (at times there may be other insertions).Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-77680864620761435592024-03-08T23:31:00.000-08:002024-03-08T23:32:14.615-08:00Our PNG Historical Time- lines..<p> </p><div class="mail-message expanded" id="m#msg-a:r-3263985972866460460" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><div class="mail-message-header spacer" style="height: 107px;"></div><div class="mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal " style="margin: 16px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; user-select: auto; width: 307.137px;"><div class="clear"><div dir="auto">Our task set before us is imagine to create a future now by thinking, talking and write down what we agree; word by word, line by line, paragraph by paragraph, page by page and chapter by chapter. We are going to write about game changers through education. Our dilemma is defining and adopting the difference between schooling and educating our future generations. It is no easy job, when consumers the prevailing circumstances and overwhelming manifesting demands. Really come to think of it, it is an open prison for all of us, so even if we were to define anything, seriously we cannot from our caged world views express anything with the form and type of language we now have; because we will fall short. The difference between our now generation and the ones before is we are not free thinkers, whereas they were, however brute and crude these were; they had authority; we do not. As we scan down memoryline we shall discover how open and authentic they were, those early political godfathers. Not so today as we have to deal with so much constraints; reflecting of the mess and compromises one has to go through, no wanders we suffer from made- induced anxieties and stresses, at times leading to deaths. I'm being demanded to write down tomorrow's prescriptions so as to have this country produce educated and caring citizen through school based education. I'm full of doubts as to the judgment of my inner consciousness and ultimate expressions that appear in a manifesto defining the outcomes of tomorrow's citizenry. Such is the dilemma which I have to preservere; comply with popular catch phrase fancy; do something to meet the deadlines or else you will be rated with negative connotations. Such is or the contradictions of life's challenge. Good morning for now. </div><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="mail-message-footer spacer collapsible" style="height: 0px;"></div></div>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-74669798683592377472023-11-14T21:23:00.000-08:002023-11-14T21:35:45.359-08:00Letter from Kavieng with forgotten people of New Ireland... Sunday Bulletin<p> <span style="text-align: center;">Letter from Kavieng- the forgotten people of New Ireland</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Tiikiiembshiiemb<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As the lead editor of the Constitutional
and Law Reform Commission-CLRC sponsored Monograph No: 1, (published in 2009), Dr. Lawrence decried about the same issues and challenges that are facing
the rural populations of PNG whilst political leaders of the upper echelons are
continuing to host and attend governors’ conferences. The most recent one was
held in Lae from the 7-9 November 2023. Even then despite these conferences and
whatever else that are and will be done by anyone the crippling entrapments of
most people are there and even escalating. All of us need to leave what we are
doing and take a pause and take time to have serious conversations with local
level council presidents; experienced and retired senior public servants,
catalysts, cum change agents living and working in rural communities and even
former premiers. This columnist is aware of former premiers who are still
around- there is Mr. Pedi Anis in Kavieng, Mr. Albert Mokai in Port Moresby,
Bruce Samban in Wewak and, of course ours truly, Hon. Robert Atiyafa (now
serving term in Parliament as the Member for Henganofi).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In an attempt to make some sense
of what is happening, and where we are as a country taking our people to, which
direction and destiny. I fulled out and dusted a copy of A Monograph No.1
edited by Dr. Kalinoe titled <i>Constitutional
and Law Reform Commission A Review of the Implementation of OLPG & LLG: A
Six Province Survey</i>. I read the introductory paragraph by no other than
current Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Job Pomat, then Minister responsible for
Provincial and Local Level Government Affairs; then I moved down and over to
Dr. Kalinoe’s three paragraph summary of the background to the study, the main
narratives of findings, the conclusions and recommendations of this largely
forgotten piece of write up in 2009.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Yours truly spent ten days in New
Ireland and returned to Port Moresby on 11<sup>th</sup> of October 2023. Whilst
in New Ireland, one of the richest provinces in PNG; collecting revenues from
two gold mines, there is perhaps very little to nothing to show for in the
improvements in lives of the two hundred and forty-three thousand people in the
province. Some may point to the eye-catching modern office and accommodation complex
blocks for VIP visitors to Kavieng. Sure, but what about the rotting power poles
and the power lines that have been put
up by one time member of Parliament, the late Martin Aini that was to have run
from Utu Secondary School to Manggai Secondary School along the Boluminski
Highway. This project was meant to have provided electricity to the population
of Kavieng Open Electorate. Instead solar power predominates most villages along
the road.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Time has come for New Irelanders
to question, where and how far have they fared since 1975; how else can they
wait to see their rich province move on with provisions of essential services
such as education, health, electricity and support for agriculture. How long
and at what level of weights will they carry the so-called <i>Lumus </i>Structure and the political patronage given to <i>maimais</i> and other system that has and
continues to burden everyone, included well educated elites. Those in doubt
about what is being said on these burdensome institutions, the CLRC Monograph
No: 1 that has dealt with the chaos, aimed at reducing New Irelanders into big
time spectators at best and politically impotent at the worst end. All of them
have been far too long time glorified spectators since independence.<span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Kavieng is a small four corner town. It has a
beautifully built airport, and well-kept too. There are pretty cheap taxi
services and vegetables at the waterfront market are mightily cheap, especially
sees food. My wife and I preferred the out of sight and feel-good resting place
was Grace Cottage. There was a lot of humanity and meaning around the cottage. But
I could not feel leaving Kavieng without sadness to my heart and to my great
friend whom I have met in Kavieng. I must say it right away. </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="text-align: left;"><b>Real New Irelanders do not own and feel proud
about Kavieng being their principal municipal center of government business and
commercial Centre. For one they do not own a piece of it- whether in business
or in other prescient!</b></span></p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-32666520217811239282023-11-14T21:00:00.000-08:002023-11-14T21:00:24.827-08:00Western Pacific University... Sunday Bulletin<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><span> </span>PNG
UNIVERSITIES NEED URGENT HELP TO SECURE <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR STUDENTS- <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";"><o:p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></o:p></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">-Tiikiiembshiiemb-</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">“Expansion of
universities is desirable, since Papua New Guinea is desperately short of
skills for development but poor quality expansion is unaffordable. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">Rehabilitating, or
replacing, run-down existing assets, and restoration of quality, should precede
any investment in expansion” PNG UNIVERSITIES REVIEW <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">REPORT TO PRIME
MINISTERS SOMARE AND RUDD” Prepared by Professor Ross Garnaut and Sir Rabbie
Namaliu, May 2010<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">Prime Minister Marape
is desirous that his Government will need additional twenty thousand spaces in
the universities up to and including 2027. It is not impossible to get this target.
How then can we translate this intention by making it become a reality? In the
broader context the challenge that the government has is one of translating the
intentions of government into realistic plan and consequently an implementation
programme has to be put together. Two most important policy documents; In place
already are the National Education Plan (2020-2029) and the Higher and
Technical Education Strategic Plan (2017-2038) which in essence have brought
out the way forward. This has to do with timing and costing- needs more than
just paper work. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">Universities
are great assets which surpasses far more and beyond any capital assets of any
nation of modern era. Historically speaking universities are strongest pillars
of nation building. This is the reason among many why the Prime Minister of our
time spends time harping on the subject matter at times on many occasions.
Speaking most recently on the occasion of the PNG Updates at the University of
PNG, the Prime Minister again reiterated his passion for this very subject
matter; he said that tangible investments must follow rhetorics. He has once
again calling on the public servants to implement projects on the ground and
across the sectors. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">We
know from experience that the actual implementation of important, quality
projects with value for money rests with the public servants; in particular from
those in the top echelon of the hierarchy in public administration. Most
importantly, the leadership from the Chief Secretary and the Central Agencies
Coordination Committee (CACC) must remain the strategic supervisor to
implementing all key government policies initiatives which include building
universities and funding them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">Instructive
as this may get, there cannot be any more excuses. Public servants must deliver
on the government’s agenda; the most important being investments in human capital
development, which <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is the number one
priority, we all know this as the subject matter has been adopted and rallied as
the number one pillar of the <st1:stockticker w:st="on">PNG</st1:stockticker>
Vision 2050. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">It
then follows that on the occasion of the recent publication and formal adaption
of the MTDP IV by Government; this will definitely require consistent as well
as increased funding for the universities, research, and technical education institutions;
they must be given the priority they deserve. Government through the MTDP IV
aims to develop the sector under the following Deliberate Intervention Programs
(DIPs): These include DIP 1: Post-Secondary /Tertiary Education Development; DIP
2: Tertiary Education Scholarship and HELP Program; DIP 3: Quality Assurance
& Accreditation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">Observing
from the ground, in our midst we as a country have set up at least physically two
new universities- these are the Western Pacific University and the Innovative
University of Enga. Since its inauguration and commencement WPU has been and
continues to face challenges; faced with lack of funding and public
recognition. Here an attempt is made to clarify several points of contest in so
far as its place is concerned. So, how should WPU present itself? WPU is not a
campus of Divine Word University. No one else of any description can claim to
build it alone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">In
the Ialibu sub- district there stands proudly PNG’s new digital university of
the Western Pacific University. For one cannot ask for more than this- the
surroundings natural space is lash and inviting, so is the cool weather and hospitable
nearby communities. This is the new and refreshingly awesome, the state of the
art infrastructure; with scatter of clouds hanging loose under the daily mist of
Mt Ialibu. WPU is owned by the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. Any other
misconstructions or guessing of its identify or ownership is a thing of the
past. Here we are urging Papua New Guineans to take ownership of the grand
facility right away!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">Being
part of our ongoing national conversation of most recent times, as one gets to
hear of doubts and uncertainties about who really owns or call the shot when it
comes to the business of this particular state entity? In large part these
questions are being raised for reasons, because these are questions thrown
around in conversations, we have a duty to explain. In fact the owner, which is
the state that owns the Western Pacific University? WPU has an evolving; yet lively
developing story but this should not be the reasons for creating doubts in the
public minds about its existence or ownership. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif";">One more final
word from Sir Rabbie and Professor Garnaut: “Papua New Guinea now needs a
long-term strategy for better supply of public goods, including universities.
That strategy needs to recognise that while higher education is essential, it
is expensive”. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-61523771297905363322023-11-14T20:48:00.000-08:002023-11-14T20:48:42.359-08:00Letter from Israel- Sunday Bulletin<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LETTER
FROM JERUSELEM- WITH STEPHEN RERE <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">TIIKIIEMBSHIIEMB<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Within</span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
several days, since he departed <st1:stockticker w:st="on">PNG</st1:stockticker>
for Israel on the first of September 2023, Stephen Rere has gone full throttle
to his dream project sites of extra ordinary importance. The sites he is
currently visiting are Hebron and Galilee which are the significant sites hosting
our small to medium enterprises PNG business entrepreneurs. The less than half
a dozen person delegations were invited and supporting the groups trip by an
Israeli private sector organisation which is calling itself as the Agriculture
Services and Training Centre- ASTC. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Making a deliberate
decision to connect, learn and to apply knowledge, skills and technologies from
elsewhere, especially from Israel is an important step in right direction taken
by the Marape led government. Critics can have their say; but Israel as we know
is way ahead in the area of agriculture and associated fields and their respective
applications in a country that is predominantly desert. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The recently concluded
official visit to Israel by Prime Minister Marape from September 4-6<sup>th</sup>,
2023 is indeed a significant one for far too many good reasons. Apart from the
official inauguration of the new Papua New Guinea Embassy in Jerusalem; the
Prime Minister aims to leverage the occasion to secure Israeli support for
large-scale agricultural initiatives, hydro and solar energy projects,
information and communication technologies, fisheries, higher education, and
security cooperation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The embassy's opening will
also promote people-to-people exchanges between the two nations, strengthening
mutual benefits, and understanding and shared values. It is at this juncture,
an important point about people to people connections <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that a former university academic, now a self-made
business man and proprietor of Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute, Stephen Rere
is leading his colleague from the PNG Christian Professional Network (PNGCPN)
to Israel. As we go to press the story is that the delegation members were
handpicked and supported by the Israel’s Agriculture Services & Training
Centre. The delegation went ahead of the Prime Minister and his official
delegation. This column understands that securing, planning and implementing
any or some of the lessons from innovations from Israel could well be coming
from the private sector perspective, and especially from the committed,
motivational leaders provided by PNGCPN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The back drop from home
with respect to the PNGCPN is that this is the most important single group
being brought together by their history of growing up as a group that called
themselves as the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship which commenced in
1967 at UPNG. “TSCF is an interdenominational student movement committed to Investing
in Leaders of Tomorrow”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PNGCPN has its origin in appropriating
TSCF; its delegation members trip to Israel are mostly from the executives who
have traversed roughly eighteen hours to get to TelAviv. In Port Moresby the PNG
CPN engineered the idea of setting up the Unity Mall Supermarket in Port Moresby.
A legion of strong professionals- Ben Ketegu, Samuel Ray, Eric Hiara and
Stephen Rere rallied behind the idea, reaching a point where a supermarket has
actually been built. The supermarket is completed and will be officially opened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The priority to have fifty per cent of the
shelf stock-up space with the PNG grown foods. The PNGCPN determined objective
of helping the Prime Minister take back PNG has the support of some blue green
economy investors; which also include the Israelis. This is probably the most
important reason why they came looking for GATI and invited Rere to visit
Israel and Agriculture Services & Training Centre in Hebron, Galilee and
other significant cities in the Holy Land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">People who read deep into others
ideas, those who have real meanings in their beliefs and articulation would
extend their helping hands. Israelis are reading every bit into the philosophy
and entrenched ideological thread in PNG, more so in what Rere and GATI doing,
saying and writing about PNG economy and agriculture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The current concept being
worked at is that; with the Unity Mall Supermarket being built, PNG produced
food items will be sold there. On the production end Rere’s Goroka Agribusiness
Training Institute graduates will grow foods and deliver to Port Moresby. Rere
through GATI in the business of training rural farmers since 2014; s far five
thousand farmers have been trained.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All these will augers well
for our rural farmers who have been trained and certified to produce basic food
items in this country, thus in the long run aiming to reduce volumes in imports
bills from overseas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While in Israel,
Prime Minister Marape will address an exclusive business round table attended
by Israeli investors and entrepreneurs. The focus will be on elucidating PNG's
economic landscape and the government's strategy to capitalize on downstream
processes and add value to the nation's abundant renewable and non-renewable
resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Israeli investment in
PNG is already evidenced through innovative agricultural endeavors, including a
hydroponic farm at Nine-Mile and a dairy farm at Illimo in Port Moresby, along
with agricultural projects in the Southern Highlands Province. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The opening of the
embassy is expected to promote trade and investment opportunities between Papua
New Guinea and Israel in various sectors, particularly technology, agriculture,
and education. The education sector presents significant potential for
collaboration in research, innovation, and cultural exchange among students. <o:p></o:p></span></p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-92047582242254219922023-11-14T20:47:00.000-08:002023-11-14T20:47:02.898-08:00Letter from Mendi- Sunday Bulletin<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Console"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LETTER
FROM MENDI- A TREASURE HUNT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">TIIKIIEMBSHIIEMB<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After being out of touch with business travel since
2013 when retired for active public service duties, this time my travel to
Mendi, the capital of Southern Highlands Province was a breathtaking one for
various reasons. Being slighted too often in Port Moresby by those who burn
their energies to say bad things to each other in the social media this trip
was a great get away and a sigh of relief.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The last time I went to Mendi was with a team led
by our late dear friend and colleague, Daniel Kapi. Daniel was the Deputy
Leader of the PNG Vision 2050 Taskforce that was put together by the Government
led by the late Grand Chief, Sir Michael Thomas Somare. Mendi did have the
scars of destructions it now has.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On Thursday 3<sup>rd</sup> August 2023 I arrived
in Mt Hagen and was met by one of my former SRC Presidents at the University of
Papua New Guinea, Martin Pat. Since leaving the university years ago, Martin is
a familiar face and a household name in Mendi and Southern Highlands, and also
among many of his professional and political friends elsewhere in PNG. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Martin is a good driver as we went on a very cozy
and pleasant drive for some good three hours passing though the lower portion
of Nebilyer, familiar faces of my good friend’s election posters and billboards
are still standing auspiciously in very clear and prominent places. The ride
was pleasant apart from small portholes in between. Even we paid a surprise
visit to the campus of the brand new Western Pacific University Campus on the
foot of the misty Mt. Ialibu. Ialibu Pangia District is a peaceful receptive
host community to the university; and the people there revere it as we later
found out from a lady Pastor in Mendi, and she hails from a village nearby the
WPU.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After an hour being the impromptu guest of the
WPU, Martin and I left for Mendi passing though picturesque Ialibu Valley,
stopping by Walum, the headquarters of Imbongu District. Walum hosts the first
of PNG’s Community Resources and Learning Centre, a joint venture partnership
project between the Imbongu District Development Authority and the Department
for Community Development and Religion. Some say it was a project where money
was well spent, but joint project activities that are to be anchored on the
ground for the intended communities need now to be put in place. Much of what
has to be done by way of training got to be done by perspective leaders within
the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Little did I know that Imbongu District reaches as
far as the end of Mendi municipality. The drive along for about an hour from
the junction of Walum is very good with new business popping , thanks to enthusiasts
in the name of SME who are trying their hands by making inroads into business
and trade. But, after crossing the major river which originates from the
country’s second highest mountain-Mt. Giluwe, the ride becomes uncomfortable
all the way to Mendi. There are some signs of maintenance to sections of the road,
but the stories on the ground are not unusual. Contracts have not been
transparently executed, resulting in funds being withheld or stopped flowing.
Much of the work remains incomplete.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By about five-thirty in the afternoon Martin slows
down at the end of Mendi airport and shows me dozens of gaping holes in-between
the steel frames built as security fences for the airport. At night some
willy-nilly actions of a small band of Mendi residents will be up at night
busily removing those welded fencing steel bars that are being put up by the
National Airport Corporation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we
begun driving along the length of the airport the sights on the right side of
our drive is bring in the certainty of the lingering memories of how bunt-out
it can be of assets when humans get angry at each other!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It is really sad that nothing have changed since
my last travel in 2009; except the wounds of unremorseful souls still blowing
in the winds of great Mendi Valley. Rebuilding Mendi and Southern Highlands
must now be the cause for national narrative. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Friday the 4<sup>th</sup> of August 2023 Mendi was
apparently full of enthusiasm and high spirit. Residents woke up that morning
in full throttle. This was the appointed day for the launching of a pioneering,
first ever event- the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Yer Education
Foundation</b>, a project, which is the brain-child of Jackson Yer and his
fellow Southern Highlander. Jackson, his wife and their five young children
came all the way from the United States to a grand opening. It did happen in a
big way, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A showcase
project with a great promise, it is worth following all and subsequent entreats
because it is not only for the people of Mendi but indeed for the rest of
Southern Highlands and PNG. Spurring, young patriotic men and women springing
from the ashes of Mendi do really hold the key to transformational transition
that we need not only in Mendi, but in Southern Highlands and PNG. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As John Maxwell keeps reminding us in his books on
leadership<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">- Change Your World</i></b>; the idea of change is a seed that must be
planted by enlightened persons- Jackson Yer and his beloved family, and indeed
those of Jackson’s backers do have a mission to accomplish. They have commenced
that journey already in Mendi. On Saturday 19<sup>th</sup> August Yer Education
Foundation held it first fundraiser in Port Moresby with Prime Minister, James Marape
being the guest of honour.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-24234850288395262822023-11-14T20:45:00.000-08:002023-11-14T20:45:10.629-08:00Letter from Lihir- Sunday Bulletin<p> <span style="font-family: Tahoma, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">LETTER FROM NIOLAM- LIHIR THE ISLE OF GOLD <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">TIIKIIEMBSHIIEMB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The book titled <b><i>THE LIHIR DESTINY</i></b> was written and published
in 2020 by Nicholas Bainton is worth reading to appreciate the triumphs and
tribulations of a people taken by enormous waves of surprises, yet they have to
live with all that is happening around them. ‘The book’ tells story of the
complicated making of the ‘road’ that Lihirians have taken as they strive to
reach their ‘destiny’. It also reveals the tension generated, within the local
community and between Lihirians and others, as they struggle to gain control
over the processes of change and the wealth generated by the mine’ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This piece for the Sunday Bulletin is by a first time visitor’s;
impressions, the one looking in from
what appears to be great concerns for the Lihirians in matters related to land
ownerships and courts that have to deal with this new single most
important pastime activity on this laid
back paradise in the tropics. Some observers believe Lihirians are in fact
living in the shadow of gold mine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Your regular columnist and one time public sector reformist years ago
can see all that have not come to fruition; or many promised basic public
services have not been delivered. Otherwise so much has been written in policy
papers that many armchair public servants would imagine without tangible
benefits accrued to the people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">To get some sense of reality on the ground <i>Tiikiiembshiiemb</i> recently concluded a short visited to the “isle of
gold” and had done an interview with two prominent local land court mediators
in the vicinity of the capital- Londolovit. Caught between the deficiency of their
level of education, and having to be fair about land matters on the one hand;
and on the other their land as a treasure handed down from the ancestors who
lived on the islands for thousands of years. The dilemma for Paul and Peter is
real. Most important of all is that both are barely compensated for performing
public service duties. Paul has not been paid since 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yet, these fearless defenders of indigenous land rights are- Paul Awam
, 69 from Putput village which owns the mine site on the main Lihir Island and
Peter Ziklien, 57 from Bulame village , in the smaller Maset Island. Paul and
Peter are loners in serving their people in many respects, as there are no
local men and women educated high enough and sufficiently versed to help carry
the burden of twenty six thousand people on the islands that make up the Lihir
Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Land issues have thus become the largest consumers of time and energy
by and among closely knitted family members; these have not been experienced
before the gold mine became operational. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Lihir Group of islands consist of the main one known to the locals
as- Nialom (big island), and the three smaller ones, going by the names- Malie, Maset and Mahur. The four Lihir group
of islands was first sighted in 1616 by Dutch explorers, Jacob Le Maire &
William Cornelisz Schouten. Well before gold was found Lihir people had very
little concerns for land, rocks, rivers or even the sea boundaries. Today the
population is estimated to be about 26,000. Approximately, 4,500 are
residential and fly-in fly out mineworkers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Those villages and communities close to the mine or the Londolovit
township are connected by water, electricity and sealed roads built by Newcrest
Mining Ltd. Besides, there is a well-regarded secondary school, a reasonable
sized hospital or clinic, and several well-kept primary schools. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> Lihir Mine first celebrated its
economic power house in 1997; this after 381 years since its reported
discovery, the isle of Nialom, or Lihir has produced its first celebrated gold
nuggets on the 25th of May 1997, three years after commercial mining commenced.
Following this occasion of the celebratory declarations, (and known gold stock
of 46 million ounces) every shareholder for this mega gold deposits at Ladolam
Gold Mine measured with great anticipation, or looking forward to securing
their stakes in this new found wealth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">For the islanders the
land and sea resources have always been priceless commodities; and have been so
from time memorial, until the discovery of both the island and subsequently the
gold. These externally created events have created myths and uncertain future
for now and into the future. Even though Lihirians follow the matrilineal
social structure and inheritance of rights and privileges, the real authority
and decision making remain largely with men, and maimais who are at the apex of
social hierarchy are men. Though it is
acknowledged that land is being passed through female generations, the
contemporary reality on ground the opposite is true. This is why there are so many
registered court disputes on land matters. </span>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-1873862048674949532023-11-14T20:40:00.000-08:002023-11-14T20:40:50.063-08:00Letter from Ambunti- Sunday Bulletin<p> <span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift SemiBold", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">A LETTER FROM AMBUNTI WITH BARBRA SHORT</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tiikiiembshiiemb<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">On the banks of the Sepik River,
the next hill down from where Barbra Short stayed from Ambunti station is Saint
Joseph’s Parish, a Catholic Church establishment. It has a school which catered
for out station pupils; which would house one hundred students from all over
the parish. In the 1950s all students were borders at this school, occupying
two single dormitories, where the parish priest was the supervisor, monitor and
disciplinarian. Students grew food in mission land and supplemented rations
given out by parish priest. Why this story is about the less known destination
like Ambunti by an Aussie teacher who fell in love with that part of Sepik whilst
a teacher at Brandi High School in 1971. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In her dairy of personal reflections,
a story by a visitor and teacher, Ms Barbra Short in 1972 are so vivid of the
times gone by. Ms Short has written chapters and published elsewhere in the
social media, she tells stories of what it was like in a central Sepik of
Ambunti District. The years before and
soon after the independence, there were tangible signs of progress, and people
were committed to what they could do- to build a country, and most of all,
respect for law was there, could be seen and felt, they respected the
government. There was order, and our people valued themselves and others.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> Here is Ms Short who had and still has a keen
eye and memories of former times in her four year as a teacher at Brandi High
School then. Ms Short was not just an ordinary teacher, but with a penetrating
eyes, and a sharp mind, with a story teller’s instinct. Here we have one such
beautiful narration by author; Ms Short from her rich diary she kept of the
Sepik Journey, this one is from Ambunti in 1972.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“<i>During 1972 Akapina Anskar, one of my Year 8 students, invited me to
stay with her family at the Government Station of Ambunti, on the Sepik River.
Many of the teachers had been to various Sepik River villages and had stayed
with various Brandi pupils so I was keen to have a similar experience. Angela
Newman, a new member of staff, was also willing to come too so I guess I felt
there was “safety in numbers”. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>We decided that we might not like the local food that much and we felt
we should take some food along which we could share with them. I felt it would
be a great experience to “live with the natives” but was not sure of the rules
of etiquette! Anyway I went shopping and bought some food that we could take
down and share with the Anskar family. I still had a lot to learn about Sepik
culture and didn’t want to appear rude or arrogant. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>Akapina’s father was named Anskar Kamal. It was the Sepik custom for
the children to take their father’s first name as their second name, hence
Akapina was known as Akapina Anskar and not Akapina Kamal, as in Australia.
This was a very common custom in PNG.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>Once again we drove to Pagwi and left our car there and Akapina’s
uncle, Anton, arrived with his long dugout canoe and outboard motor to take us
up river to Ambunti. On our way we stopped at the very large village of Avatip,
home to many of the Brandi students, such as Pauline and Joel Luma and Jacob
Kasa, who had been Head Boy in 1971. I had heard many stories about their
reputation for headhunting in the past and I remember treating them with
respect. Here we were able to watch a singsing that was taking place. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i> It was a long journey to Ambunti
and we arrived towards nightfall and were taken up a hill, a rare sight in the
Sepik River valley, and found that the Anskars lived in an old trade store
built of permanent materials i.e. a timber building with a corrugated iron
roof, which overlooked the river. I was amazed to find Akapina’s mother and
father sitting together in the kitchen. Her mother was preparing the meal while
her father, Anskar Kamal, was sitting with her, drinking a bottle of beer and
eating some freshly cooked prawns from the Sepik River. It reminded me of home
and I realized that we were not staying in a traditional village but rather with
a family that had become very Westernised. We were actually given beds to sleep
on! <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>Townsend was the government officer who first established a Government
station at Ambunti in 1924, in an effort to stop the headhunting raids that
were constant among the villages of the Upper and Middle Sepik. The station is
set in a group of hills, (Mt. Ambunti is c466m) and was the first lot of raised
ground that we saw along the Sepik River as we travelled upstream from Pagwi.
The Ambunti Council House, which was completed in 1968 and opened with a grand
singsing and celebration, was a very interesting place to visit. It was a meld
of the old haus tambaran styles, built of bush material, 23ft high and over
40ft wide, with many beautifully carved posts, all vividly coloured in earth
colours and each one telling a local story. The interior was completely covered
with elaborate bark paintings. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>Anskar Kamal was, at that time, the Member for the Upper Sepik in the
National Parliament. He could speak some English but his main language in the
Parliament was Pidgin English. He asked me if I would like to go with him on a
trip into the Upper Sepik but mentioned that I would have to help carry the
canoes over the sandbanks, which occur in the Upper Sepik. He said I would be
able to visit villages that had never seen a white woman before. Unfortunately
I was feeling rather weak at that time, as I was still recovering from a bout
of dengue fever, so I politely declined the invitation.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>We soon adjusted to life with Akapina’s family. I would cook some of my
food supplies and Akapina’s mother would cook the more traditional Sepik food
and we would share the lot. There were six children, which included Akapina,
the eldest, then Martin, Phillipa and Sapi and two little ones. Anskar was involved
with buying crocodile skins and had a large workbench in the backyard where he
laid out the skins and covered them with salt then rolled them up to be left in
a shed as part of the salting process. I had fun having a go at salting
crocodile skins!<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i>Ambunti government station was set on the hills and there was an
airstrip that cut through the hills on the western side and ran right down to
the river. Some Christian missions were found at Ambunti and during our stay I
attended an Assembly of God church service one Sunday and we visited the
Seventh Day Adventist mission station and saw over their House Boat in which
Maternal and Child Welfare nurses worked. It travelled up and down the river
stopping at the villages to help the mothers and their babies. On one afternoon
we went on a short trip along the Sepik, downstream from Ambunti, and visited
the village of Malu. Here we admired a new canoe, which was being carved by a
group of men, and watched while a woman made sago on the side of the river.
While we were there Wayne Heathcote’s large houseboat, used by the wealthy
overseas tourists, glided by. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
<i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Cathy
Munagun’s family also lived at Ambunti as her father had been a policeman and
had moved away from his village. During our travels we were joined by another
one of my students, Lorina Jiki and her sister Annalis. I look back on that
holiday as one of the best experiences that I had of integrating with the
native Papua New Guineans and as I left Anskar gave me a gift of one of their
traditional carved figures, a female one. I declined to take the male one due
to its huge “private part”! A Sepik story
by Barbra Short. </span></i>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-7711755289659447282023-11-14T20:37:00.000-08:002023-11-14T20:39:48.106-08:00Letter from Goroka...Sunday Bulletin<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif";">LETTER FROM GOROKA- <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">with Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Yu Gothic UI Semibold";"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Yu Gothic UI Semibold";">Tiikiiembshiiemb<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In the recent headline news, it was
reported that a police officer on duty was shot dead by a group of men living
in Farea, a place in North East Electorate in the National Capital District.
These men, said to be from Marawaka ethnic group who are from the southern borders
of Eastern Highlands used poisoned arrows to murder the policeman. In severe retaliation
the security personnel used whatever they got; took punitive actions who ran
amok- raiding and looting whatever they were able to lay their hands on the
way, including burning make shift family dwellings. One of the spared areas in
Farea where police did not go in was somewhat hidden away from the public eye;
this is the place called Munigerda Springs. The 1.2 hectare block of land has
the Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute’s Sub Campus built its training
centre; and designated it as the NCD- Southern Regional Hub. The North East
district where Farea based franchise is, GATI is gearing up to be opened for
business in agribusiness training. It is also intended to include induction
training for retiring public servants; which is a project GATI is collaborating
with Department of Personnel Management in implementing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the other hand, looking down from
the misty communication towers of Mt. Otto, there is the bustling metropolis of
Goroka, the capital of Eastern Highlands Province. Goroka is the home of the
Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute. Gorokans are laid back it seems from
the casual visitors, but for some, this appears to be unreal or perhaps mischievous
because the recent visitors like the ones from the Gulf Provincial Government,
though they appeared lost, it seemed, but they did get around to meeting GATI
founder director, Stephen Rere. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Back in 1995 Rere left his lecturing
duties in Port Moresby and went home to Goroka District to grow kaukau at his
family land at Kofika. Somewhat Rere and GATI are complimentary entities of sorts.
The fact however is that one conceived and built the other. In 2014 Stephen
Rere built GATI under the shade of a rain tree at the peripheries of Goroka
town and got a few pioneer trainees registered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The rest is history, as is GATI is apparently
making its appearances and presence felt in the national scene to be serious, sensible
and admirable all the more. Marketing GATI and having it embedded and recognised
nationally was not easy a year or two ago. However, its inflexible movers and
marketers did not stop as they pursued in and among the corridors of power
brokers in the Waigani Government circles. GATI now has place in conversations.
It can be an implementer with others from the directional objectives in the
Medium Term Development Plan IV. The projections for growth and investments in
agriculture are further elaborated at the operational level by the soon to be
launched PNG National Agriculture Strategic Plan. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In December 2021 GATI was recognised
as the trainer of choice in agribusiness when the Government of Prime Minister,
the Hon. James Marape awarded an agribusiness training and mentorship programme
to assist public service retirees and settle them into the agribusiness
space<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>anywhere in the country. From obscurity
to national limelight GATI was appointed to provide a series of adjustment
training and rehabilitation programme for PNG’s public service retirees into
context; convincing them that they too can still serve the nation of PNG in
another capacities. That is to mean being involved in the small to medium enterprise
ventures at retirement. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The notion is to create a context which
was to entice and rehabilitate or debrief and orient the retirees to take up
agribusiness as a hobby, or after retirement business adventure. This is the
special group, endowed with so many talents, experience and exposure the
country has and must reach out to help promote agriculture. GATI was found
wanting to do just that; first there has to be a carefully tailored action plan
of transiting- from one work place to another in to communities of active,
living space of culture both in thoughts, behaviours, feelings and
practicalities of real life outside the confines of office and fortnightly pay
package ideology and all the attendant behaviours. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute
is more than a brand name in just teaching community based rural farmers, to
help transit from subsistence to business class, educated farmers. Besides
convincing a head of a family in rural PNG, there has to be a nationally
constructed ideological frame of mind to be cultivated; in that of securing
PNG’s sovereignty is first before securing economic independence and financial
freedom. In essence, GATI’s master trainer Rere was the man for the job, and so
the Government decision to help it to pack and unpack the change and transition
in mentality and way of life was passed to GATI. From the inside, GATI is an
articulation of alternative national conversation and outlook to be fully
realised.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moot in training room and space by GATI is
on full throttle, besides business pep talks, but importantly discussions are
on securing mental energy and thus ushering in a new era in regaining our PNG’s
seemingly disappearing sovereignty as a nation and people in these trying times.
This is what GATI believes in these objectives which can be achieved by Papua
New Guineans; it has to be no other than them alone colluding, embracing and
working in partnership on the land with the labour that is at their disposal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">GATI is committed to leading,
advocating and ultimately securing for our people sustainable reliance on
agriculture. This is for the simple reason that Papua New Guineans from time their
ancestors settled here sixty thousand years ago, to now have been agriculturalists
through and through. From history and from our natural instincts we know of no
other cultures, nor civilizations and peoples who are as old as ours in the
business of working on the land, period. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For Papua New Guinea and its people, Goroka
Agribusiness Training Institute is the force for idealists with much greater,
positive and liberating conscience to secure fully our sustained economic
independence and financial freedom for all. This message was first projected,
and still lingers on in the Eight Point Plan written in 1973 by a small band of
PNG nationalists led by Grand Chief, Sir Michael Thomas Somare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-15331840967493259252023-05-21T04:17:00.004-07:002023-05-21T04:17:41.502-07:00The late Prof John Luluaki <p> My dearest and fearless colleague, Prof JL as I always called him all these years since we entered the open gates of UPNG with may other young and heartwarming, curious village boys and girls from yesteryears. We were a class of our own. Way back in 1979 Prof will ask, what is that you and your brother Vincent Warakai were promoting. I replied, G8 which stood for academic excellence among our new crop of curious academic recruits by UPNG when our very own Vice Chancellor then (late Renagi You Lohia) was doing the mass recruiting of its budding young academics, they called them "Teaching Fellows". For the first time in 1974 Village Boys and Girls met time in 1974 or thereabouts and became nation builders. Many were, apart from academic and scholarship pursuits got hooked on what was going on at the forum square at UPNG. It was such a melting pot, a hot spot, where leaders of tomorrow were challenged about tomorrow's PNG from our days. </p><p>My long time best friend JL, I spoke to you last week Wednesday 10, you said you were okay, that you were managing a minor cold. You said no more, you typical self!!!</p><p> I mourn for you since Sunday 13.5.23. I'm seeing you sitting in the Creator's Throne, next to senior Joseph Nidue, Vincent Warakai, Haraka Gaudi, Prof Otto Nekitel and a few others, those handful who have gone before you. Rest in Eternal Peace JL...</p><p><br /></p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-11233517037087336772022-06-24T09:17:00.003-07:002022-06-24T09:17:23.165-07:00Breakthroughs for Friday 24. June 2022<p> The Friday of the 24 of June 2022 is special for Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute. With every care that all appointments made for GATI both Stephen Rere and Joseph Sukwianomb get on top of the business of the day. So on Friday as stated above was a successful day. </p><p>First was the meeting with the County Director for PNG of an organization based out of the US calling itself Centre for International Private Enterprise. CIPE in short has 80 country offices around globe. On Friday Mr Stephen Rere, the Founder Director of Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute signed a head of agreement or understand with Ms Eli Webb the CIPE PNG Country Director for cooperation and collaboration in selected areas and activities between the two parties. For GATI this is welcoming move for the first time, since rolling out the government intervention project to assist providing training and mentorship to public service retirees in PNG. </p><p>Since CIPE came to know about this public - private partnership on this key historic project in PNG information sharing is most important as an 'appetiser' to sell to public servants right across the board. Between February and June 2022 Rere and Sukwianomb have been consistent in their resolve to reach to hundreds of working public servants in public sector agencies, informing them and preparing in advance of both leaving abd being on your own without a regular income. In sum we have reached out and spoke to well over two thousand public servants. </p><p>Our Gati team meeting with Eli Webb and her senior professional team in CIPE was the first and the most important one, as we were pleased with senior level participants from Department of Community Development and Religion - Mr David Nugi, as well as from the Office of the Secretary for the Department of Personnel Management; which was represented by Mr Clant Alok.</p><p>At the end of the few hours of information sharing and agreeing to move forward, a broad head of agreement under a single page MOU was signed between Ms Eli Webb and Mr Stephen Rere. A follow up work on the " proper MOU" will be done following days. 25.6.22 Port Moresby </p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-56996435260156393602022-06-12T10:53:00.000-07:002022-06-12T10:53:32.903-07:00PNG millionaires in making<p> -TRANFROMATIONAL GAME CHANGER FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND PARTICIPATION-</p><p><br /></p><p>The Catalyst for and the timing is important here. Very soon the Government (whilst being closely supported by a team from both inside the Government (DPM) and outside (Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute- GATI); they will very soon strike a deal to train and to reskill a group of soon-to- be released public service retirees to join the small but potentially very powerfully placed SME participants in the wealth creation initiatives in the selected agribusiness sector in experimental modalities in certain parts of PNG.That prediction was said in November 2021.</p><p>This is June, and funds have been allocated in NEC Decision No 379/2021.</p><p>In the agribusiness, a well thought out NEC Submission has been prepared and has been signed by the Minister for Public Service; Hon. Joe Sungi, MP. The submission is before NEC Secretariat; when approved, this will be the cause factor for revolution for real green agribusiness sector in the context of the PNG development, growth and ownership. This green economy revolution will be followed very closely by embedding these green gold business ventures into well coordinated and supported green brand-named people's and community movements throughout rural PNG.</p><p>Over fifteen seminar sessions have been held among government departments raise awareness and prepare retiring and potential retirees for the life after public service.</p><p>Government will not go wrong with the first batch of carefully chosen friend, PNG national trainer, successful mentor and private sector partner- the EHP based Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute. Over several thousand Papua New Guineans have been informed. Last Friday, 10 June 22; from 2 PM to 4PM ten soon to be retiring senior PNG Defence Force personnel were given vivid examples of real stories; an eye opening Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute graduates, their successes, the honour and self assured economic freedom of just having being homegrown millionaires right here in PNG. This is from doing agribusiness in PNG villages in EHP.</p><p> All is truly well and positive to get the much needed basic project planning and mindset “indoctrination training” change sessions/ tutoring to be conducted for several week in bundles of 40 participants for forty week from the first cohort of 1000 plus for the year 2022 retired public servants.</p><p> The powerful motto for “green gold mine” in agriculture was first uttered by Stephen Rere in 2010 is really and truly coming to fruition in 2022! </p><p>Try it out with GATI and through its proven directional leadership.</p><p>All have been approved since December 2021, this acts alone will cause a revolution of sort- if you like! This major intervention will allow a sizeable percentage of the 2,121 soon-to- be retired public servants coming from so many trades and professions to take part in agribusiness and benefit from.</p><p>These most experienced ex government employees will be enabled to take part in business ventures with the intention to broaden the base and build numbers to small from the current infant base of participants in the so-called SME Sector to one that will involve many in the thousands over time.</p><p>There are huge benefits to the country once the numbers make their ways into the communities. Not only will the numbers bring knowledge, experience and leadership qualities and volume of diversity to the respective communities, these men and women will help to influence, train, mobilize and empower the different sectors and clan groups that form the communities - such as the youths, women, churches and wards and local level governments. </p><p>The former public servants, cum business venture leaders will provide the catalyst for change and much needed transformation in the communities. They can help translate government policies, install and address leadership challenges and be the overarching change agents overall. </p><p>In this country, we very much need “bare-foot business men and women” to work on the land and mass produce food, and more food for the nation's population and for the world. </p><p>Elsewhere in the world, where populations are increasing with less food to feed, in PNG we can easily work on our vast expanses of rich grassland, rivers and seas- turning these into food baskets of the world. Agribusiness business minded and committed men and women of Papua New Guinea can learn great lessons from the few exemplary successful business and community leaders in the likes of Stephen Rere and few others. </p><p>The Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape's call to return to the land & labour; and work the land and to bring about the "abundance mentality" in on the individuals, families and communities and to the rest of our indigenous populations is the way to go. </p><p><br /></p><p>Joseph Sukwianomb</p><p>Gordons- NCD</p><p>27th November 2021</p><p>One of the remaining lone voices of the PNG Vision 2050. Enquiries to napambuia@gmail.com</p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-623967423744721052022-06-09T09:48:00.000-07:002022-06-09T09:48:30.165-07:00Creating new national narratives in PNG<p> </p><nav class="nav_v2 badge-redesign mercado-nav" role="none" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); display: var(--artdeco-reset-base-display-block); font-family: -apple-system-body, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", Meiryo, "Hiragino Sans GB W3", "Noto Naskh Arabic", "Droid Arabic Naskh", "Geeza Pro", "Simplified Arabic", "Noto Sans Thai", Thonburi, Dokchampa, "Droid Sans Thai", "Droid Sans Fallback", ".SFNSDisplay-Regular", "Heiti SC", "Microsoft Yahei"; 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border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); flex: 1 1 0%; font-size: 1.1rem; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><a aria-label="Jobs" class="nav-link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/" id="nav-jobs-small" role="tab" style="-webkit-box-pack: center; border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); display: flex; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); font-weight: var(--artdeco-reset-link-font-weight-bold); justify-content: center; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none !important; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><div class="icon-container" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); display: inline-block; font-size: 1.1rem; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><div class="icon-with-badge-wrapper" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); display: inline-block; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><li-icon aria-hidden="true" category="ui" class="icon" data-inline-svg="true" style="color: var(--color-icon-nav); display: flex; height: 32px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 24px;" type="nav-jobs-small-icon"><svg data-supported-dps="24x24" fill="currentColor" id="job-medium" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M17 6V5a3 3 0 00-3-3h-4a3 3 0 00-3 3v1H2v4a3 3 0 003 3h14a3 3 0 003-3V6zM9 5a1 1 0 011-1h4a1 1 0 011 1v1H9zm10 9a4 4 0 003-1.38V17a3 3 0 01-3 3H5a3 3 0 01-3-3v-4.38A4 4 0 005 14z"></path></svg></li-icon></div><div class="nav-icon-content" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin-top: -6px; outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);">Jobs</div></div></a></li></ol></nav><header class="full-page-header " style="-webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-border-faint); box-shadow: none; color: white; display: flex; font-family: -apple-system-body, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", Meiryo, "Hiragino Sans GB W3", "Noto Naskh Arabic", "Droid Arabic Naskh", "Geeza Pro", "Simplified Arabic", "Noto Sans Thai", Thonburi, Dokchampa, "Droid Sans Thai", "Droid Sans Fallback", ".SFNSDisplay-Regular", "Heiti SC", "Microsoft Yahei"; font-size: 16px; height: 48px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); min-width: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: fixed; top: 0px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); width: 320px; z-index: 3;"><div id="header-back" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); height: 48px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><button class="back-button" style="-webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: flex; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; min-height: 48px; min-width: 48px; padding: 0px 16px;"><span class="a11y-text" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); height: 1px !important; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: nowrap !important; width: 1px !important;">back</span><li-icon a11y-text="back" aria-hidden="true" category="system-icons" style="color: var(--color-icon); display: inline-block; height: 24px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 24px;" type="arrow-left-medium"><svg class="rtl-flip icon" data-supported-dps="24x24" fill="currentColor" viewbox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M9 4l-4.87 7H22v2H4.13L9 20H6.56L1 12l5.56-8z"></path></svg></li-icon></button></div><div class="header-content" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-flex: 1; align-items: center; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); display: flex; flex: 1 1 0%; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); height: 48px; margin: 0px 16px; min-width: 0px; outline-style: none; overflow: hidden; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"></div><div id="header-action" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"></div></header><div class="" id="app-container" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system-body, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", Meiryo, "Hiragino Sans GB W3", "Noto Naskh Arabic", "Droid Arabic Naskh", "Geeza Pro", "Simplified Arabic", "Noto Sans Thai", Thonburi, Dokchampa, "Droid Sans Thai", "Droid Sans Fallback", ".SFNSDisplay-Regular", "Heiti SC", "Microsoft Yahei"; font-size: 16px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); min-height: 400px; outline-style: none; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 48px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><section class="feed-details-wrapper" data-comment-status="enabled" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); display: var(--artdeco-reset-base-display-block); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><section class="feeds feed-details feed-details-redesign ios-smooth-scroll" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); display: var(--artdeco-reset-base-display-block); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><section class="protip-container upfront active" data-flagship-installed="true" data-page-key="p_mwlite_feeddetails_protip_upsell_banner" data-storage-prefix="feed-details" data-tracking-id="get_app_feed_details_protip_capsule" id="protip-capsule" style="--protip-cont-max-height: 106px; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); display: var(--artdeco-reset-base-display-block); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin-bottom: 8px; max-height: var(--protip-cont-max-height); outline-style: none; overflow: hidden; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); transition: max-height 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><div class="protip-capsule " style="-webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin-top: 8px; outline-style: none; padding: 12px 16px 12px 12px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><div class="protip-head" style="-webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); display: flex; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><div class="protip-img" style="align-self: flex-start; background-image: url("/sc/h/e9rg3hopw217xdl7ttpfe4n0h"); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); flex-shrink: 0; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); height: 48px; margin-right: 8px; outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); width: 48px;"></div><div style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><p class="protip-subhead body-small" style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; align-self: flex-start; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); color: var(--color-text); font-size: 1.4rem !important; letter-spacing: -0.015rem; line-height: 17.5px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); font-weight: var(--artdeco-reset-typography-font-weight-bold); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);">Pro </span><span style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); font-weight: var(--artdeco-reset-typography-font-weight-bold); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);">Tip:</span> You can create Polls and Events on the app.</p><div class="protip-footer" style="-webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); display: flex; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin-bottom: -8px; outline-style: none; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><a aria-hidden="false" class="rect-link-btn component-theme body-small-bold small protip-cta" data-app-state="primary" data-state="" href="https://www.linkedinmobileapp.com/posts/joseph-thomas-wolomb-sukwianomb-38a85559_thursday-9-june-2022-the-goroka-agribusiness-activity-6940702128629800960-38Yt?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=android_app&appType=FLAGSHIP&trk=lite_protip_feed_details" style="--black-a04: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04); --black-a08: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08); --black-a12: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); --black-a15: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); --black-a30: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); --black-a45: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45); --black-a60: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); --black-a75: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75); --black-a90: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); --black: #000; --blue-10: #f6fbff; --blue-20: #e8f3ff; --blue-30: #d0e8ff; --blue-40: #a8d4ff; --blue-50-a20: rgba(112, 181, 249, 0.2); --blue-50-a30: rgba(112, 181, 249, 0.3); --blue-50: #70b5f9; --blue-60: #378fe9; --blue-70: #0a66c2; --blue-80: #004182; --blue-90: #09223b; --color-action-active: var(--blue-80); --color-action-on-dark-active: var(--blue-40); --color-action-on-dark: var(--blue-50); --color-action: var(--blue-70); --color-background-container-tint: var(--cool-gray-10); --color-background-container: var(--white); --color-background-disabled: var(--black-a08); --color-background-none-action-active: var(--blue-50-a20); --color-background-none-active: var(--black-a08); --color-background-none-on-dark-active: var(--white-a12); --color-background-none-on-dark: var(--transparent); --color-background-none-tint-action-active: var(--blue-50-a30); --color-background-none-tint-action-hover: var(--blue-50-a20); --color-background-none-tint-active: var(--black-a12); --color-background-none-tint-hover: var(--black-a08); --color-background-none-tint-on-dark-active: var(--white-a12); --color-background-none: var(--transparent); --color-border-active: var(--black-a90); --color-border-faint: var(--black-a08); --color-border-on-dark-active: var(--white-a90); --color-border-on-dark: var(--white-a90); --color-border: var(--black-a60); --color-disabled: var(--black-a30); --color-icon: var(--black-a60); --color-shadow: var(--black-a30); --color-text-disabled: var(--black-a30); --color-text-low-emphasis-shift-active: var(--black-a90); --color-text-low-emphasis-shift: var(--black-a60); --color-text-low-emphasis: var(--black-a60); --color-text-on-dark-active: var(--white-a90); --color-text-on-dark-disabled: var(--white-a40); --color-text-on-dark: var(--white-a90); --color-text-shift-on-dark-flip-active: var(--white-a90); --color-text-shift-on-dark-flip: var(--white); --color-text: var(--black-a90); --cool-gray-10: #f9fafb; --cool-gray-20: #eef3f8; --cool-gray-30: #dce6f1; --cool-gray-40: #c0d1e2; --cool-gray-50: #9db3c8; --cool-gray-60: #788fa5; --cool-gray-70: #56687a; --cool-gray-80: #38434f; --cool-gray-85: #293138; --cool-gray-90: #1d2226; --lite-color-action-active: var(--blue-90); --lite-color-action-hover: var(--blue-80); --lite-color-action-on-dark-active: var(--white-a70); --lite-color-action-on-dark: var(--white); --lite-color-action-stick-active: var(--blue-90); --lite-color-action-stick: var(--blue-70); --lite-color-action: var(--blue-70); --transparent: "transparent"; --white-a06: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); --white-a12: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12); --white-a18: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18); --white-a25: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25); --white-a40: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4); --white-a55: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55); --white-a60: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); --white-a70: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); --white-a75: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75); --white-a85: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); --white-a90: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9); --white: #fff; border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 1.4rem !important; height: 48px; letter-spacing: -0.015rem; line-height: 17.5px; margin-right: 8px; padding: 8px 0px; text-decoration-line: none !important; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><div class="rect-link-btn__wrapper btn-component secondary" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; border-radius: 24px; border: 1px solid var(--color-action); box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--color-action); display: flex; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); height: 32px; justify-content: center; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); outline-style: none; padding: 7px 16px; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span class="rect-link-btn__label" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); line-height: 16px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); min-height: 100%; outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);">Open the app</span></div></a></div></div><button aria-disabled="false" class="round-btn component-theme round-btn_muted_tertiary round-btn_muted round-btn_regular ripple protip-dismiss js-round-btn" data-action="dismiss" style="--black-a04: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04); --black-a08: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08); --black-a12: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12); --black-a15: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); --black-a30: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); --black-a45: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45); --black-a60: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); --black-a75: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.75); --black-a90: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); --black: #000; --blue-10: #f6fbff; --blue-20: #e8f3ff; --blue-30: #d0e8ff; --blue-40: #a8d4ff; --blue-50-a20: rgba(112, 181, 249, 0.2); --blue-50-a30: rgba(112, 181, 249, 0.3); 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outline-style: none; overflow: hidden; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0">Thursday 9 June 2022 the Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute team consisting of Stephen Rere- the Founder Director of GATI, Joseph Sukwianomb- the public- private sector interface facilitator for the Marape Government public service retirees intervention project was at UPNG and met with Staff on a information sharing seminer series, explaining how and what is involved. Participants, especially those who are about to teach the compulsory retirement age of 65, as well those who may be thinking of voluntarily leaving to venture out into some business ventures. After the seminar a long time senior academic later and his family informed the Gati team that this intervention project was the first of such case in PNG to address this particular group of public servants who the country owes so much for contributing to it's development since independence. Joseph Sukwianomb, former UPNG Vice Chancellor heard direct from the few academics who were at seminar was told of the need for a Papua New Guineans to seek new national dialogue and narratives in structures and language or vocabulary to create alternative scenarios that our people and their families must speak and act. This thinking can best be created by brave individuals like Rere who has in his own right broke away from the bandage of confined working conditions and less appreciative and routine work culture with renumeration packages that hardly meets the needs of improving lives. An interesting thoughts are rekindled, wherefore, with best of intentions; universities have in most recent times become " sausage factories" producing or graduating students who can not find jobs! Gati and it's crusaders are telling many a public servants to join the debate; let's join forces and work the land, produce food for ourselves first and for the world. In so doing, we Papua New Guineans families will kick out slavish, dependency mentality, for we can usher a dawn of a new era. Where families in PNG will be economically independent and free. That movement has commenced with the public declaration of "Taking Back PNG" by the current Government of Prime Minister James Marape. That is when the dreams of the Eight Point Development Plan (1973) and the PNG Vision 2050 can surely be realized for and by all Papua New Guineans. 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font-size: 12.8px;"><div class="mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal " style="margin: 16px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; user-select: auto; width: 288px;"><div class="clear"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div>However, we are now concentrating on getting the next edition of <i>PJR</i> off to press and we have an extensive books section.</div><div><br /></div><div>Why don’t I suggest that Joe writes a review (and has probably already done so) and we could publish it in <i>PJR?</i> We are particularly interested in the political ramifications and also the role of the media, given the fact that we are a “journalism” journal (with a very broad interpretation of that)?</div><div>It would give me a great pleasure to publish a review by Joe, as he was very instrumental in my switch from being a journalist to becoming an academic. And it is in many ways thanks to him that my career advanced as it did. Thanks so much Joe, I have always appreciated how you stood up to the negative stream at UPNG and backed me when I was appointed. You were right, of course. I also remember your excellent review of my book <i>Blood on their Banner</i> many years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>The UPNG journalism students did an incredible job covering the Sandline crisis for <i>Uni Tavur </i>- and many of them were working for mainstream media on their internships.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div class="mail-message expanded" id="m#msg-f:1735116179607548683" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><div class="mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal " style="margin: 16px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; user-select: auto; width: 288px;"><div class="clear"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><div class="signature-text" style="color: #888888;"><div><br /></div><div>David Robie</div><div><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div><div class="mail-elided-text" dir="auto" style="color: #4285f4; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; padding: 24px 0px;">Show quoted text</div></div></div><div class="mail-message-footer spacer collapsible" style="height: 512px;"></div></div>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-3660507759866870152022-02-01T08:23:00.007-08:002022-02-01T08:23:59.864-08:00Pioneers- Grade 11 students enrol at Ambunti High School in 2022<p> The senior citizens from Ambunti who have been working behind the scenes to enrol grade 11 in January 22 into Ambunti High School offer our most sincere congratulations to the first ten students from the Nukuma Junior High School and seven students from Manjau Junior High School, a total of seventeen to begin with. These first seventeen and dozens.of others are our proud pioneers to do grade 11 this academic year- 2022. </p><p>A humble, proud and sure beginning Indeed. As to the doubting thomases, they can be rest assured that their highly placed professional elites collectives from Regional Ambunti weren't resting in their laurels since June 2021. Their respected network connections to the upper echelons of decision making both in Waigani and Wewak have been the halmark of the brand of our kind of operations- trusting and confident in delivering on promise. </p><p>This is a small but an important gesture from the heart with so much goodwill that comes with it.</p><p> Some critics may not be friendly towards Ambunti High School; but both of its opponents and propnents do know that AHS holds the beacon of hope for all Ambuntians.We stand solidly behind taking back Ambunti and its development building blocks. Yes, long live AHS.</p><p> Good morning to the lighthearted souls. Admin 2-2-22</p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-52082872807800248882022-02-01T08:20:00.000-08:002022-02-01T08:20:09.194-08:00Asian Mafia at Work.in NCD<p> The owner, another Asian who built a hotel two hundred meters on the left from Gordons Market along Lapwing Drive. This Hotel accommodates other Asians. The same Asian won a court case instituted by our market mamas representing some 200 mothers from Gordons Market lobby some three years. Because they couldn't afford legal fees, they struggled, time was against them, loosing the case, allowing this Asian the freedom to laugh unashamedly all the way to legal victory. </p><p>It is not funny any more as the NCD building Board has backed the lone Asian, uneducated, cannot speak a word of English to obtain a title to out up a poorly designed building which is seen dwarfing Gordons Market, the Gordons Police Station and the public health clinic.Give me a break please!</p><p>How can I for one stomach an ulcer in me, a patriot of the likes of my NCD Governor and brother who could have allowed NCD building Board to go to bed with this Asian of a unknown quantity or description?</p><p> Please pass this texts around those to who believe in taking back our Sovereign estate, the independent PNG. </p><p>Joseph Sukwianomb</p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-21672932869207573492022-01-07T16:42:00.002-08:002022-01-07T16:44:42.188-08:00A Goilalan and a true Papua New Guinean at heart! <p> A TRIBUTE TO Brian Tobia </p><p>Brian Tobia (late) years ago walked into my office and presented himself that he was qualified to study liberal Arts at UPNG. I asked for his credential , you know the papers!. He replied in the negative, he lost his important papers like grade 12 certificate etc...he even went at length and advised in broken English that the settlement house he was living at five mile was vandalized and its contents went down in ashes. Not sure whether I should believe a story from a fellow countryman from that part of our country. </p><p>Did not take a decision then on that rather odd request, so set out to hunt for some references and asking a few known personalities about this boy. </p><p>Brian didn't just walked away after the first encounter. Outside the car park at Gunther Building he still wanted to talk to me, I guess after hours; so I suggested that the " old University Club, so we drove there. We spent two or even more hours of this monologue of Brian's failings, how the world has ambandoned the poor soul; that I was the only merciful heart that can save this one hell of a young Goilalan in a hostile world. We kept our faith in his words, he would not fail me. He promised me after his acceptance letter from the Registrar- late Frank Diala. Frank and Brian became good buddies at the usual watering hole then for so many years.</p><p>The rest is history. In those early days a sworn paper before a practicing lawyer or a magistrate was more than " good enough". That is what we did for a SON, Brian insisted on me to call him. I complied all these years. </p><p>A very wonderful person indeed, a very good journalist and a long time friend. May Brian Rest In Eternal Peace.</p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-59510769354335359232021-12-28T16:57:00.002-08:002021-12-28T16:57:45.449-08:00<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">ASSEMBLIES OF GOD JUBILEE HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">Gerehu Campus- National Capital District, Papua
New Guinea<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">GRADUATION <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">Thursday 30<sup>th</sup> December 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">An Address<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">By<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">Joseph Sukwianomb<a href="file:///D:/GRADUATION%20AT%20THE%20ASSEMBLIES%20OF%20GOD%20HIGHER%20EDUCATION%20INSTITUTE.docx#_edn1" name="_ednref1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="color: #1f497d; 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</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Chairperson- Governing Council of AOGJIHE,
Member of the Board, Director of the AOGJIHE,
Mr. John Dujambi, Invited Guests, Parents/ Sponsors, Staff and Students of
AOGJIHE. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Last, but not the least of course are our
deserving class of 2021 who are graduating today. It is your well-deserved
recognition that we have assembled here. Thank you kindly for conferring me
with the honour to be the guest speaker besides witnessing the granting of your
respective certification following success of your professional training. As
you will end one assignment, so will begin the next chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. John Dujambi; may I thank you for your
invitation to be part of this humbling experience of acknowledging our men and
women who have gathered here on this special day for them, but also for us.
These forty plus men and women gathered here before us make us proud to bid
them farewell after the graduation today. We are letting them go in the hope
that will lead a next team of pioneers and leaders from their points of service
wherever they will be next year and the subsequent years hence. May I please plead
with you to your very core; that you will be different from the rest of the
pack who have graduated from other similar institutions of higher education;
you are going to be different! You are not going to be; and you will not be
just statistics or mere numbers. The reasons I will come to talk about during
the course of my statement. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">We must acknowledge that the Christian
Churches; including the Assemblies of God are doing a great deal of work in the
provision of special services in this country. In saying this I also pay
respect and tribute to many of our pioneer missionaries, church workers, lay
men, women and youths who have been hard at work to promote and extend many
different types of charity work in our communities to make lives of ordinary
people better. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">For want of space may I just summaries the
struggles and challenges among those who came up with the idea of establishing
an institution of higher education with a brand named the Assemblies of God
attached to it; indeed the journey has been such a long and perilous one, but
then not all of these pioneers let down their tools and walked away. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">For men and women of faith, fortitude, perseverance
and wisdom have prevailed all these time; so that we can have one more occasion
like this today. In this instance, allow me to acknowledge my friend and
colleague’ the Director, Mr. John Dujambi and his team of conscientious, selfless
and deferential workers for humanity who believed in themselves that their
coming; joining this new exciting venture was a special calling to serve God’s
people; thus extending the gospel and its sphere of influence further in our
midst. The AOG Jubilee Higher Education Institute has started on a firm ground;
and so I call on all to support and build this venture which should lead to the
establishment of another national University of Choice for this country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: .25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">For I know for sure that the AOG Communities
throughout PNG are making inroads as they; together with others in attempts to
reaching out to building educational institutions; and to widen their horizons
by bringing courses and programmes to meet the growing national demands for
well trained and groomed individuals with patriotic inclinations and treasure
of unselfish propensity for services to the people and communities. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">For example, in recent times - I have gone to
visit and talk to the staff and students of AOG Hayfield Junior High School;
and in the similar vein I had a brief site visit during a most recent visit to
Wingei AOG Primary School (soon to be transformed to Junior High School).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m a proud product of Christian endeavours in
the backwaters of East Sepik, going to boarding school most of my early years.
I value the gift of charity bestowed upon many, including myself. Long after, I
still cherish the work of Christian Missionaries irrespective of claims and
sovereignty challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Recognizing the Churches in Education I suggest
that this be done by way of deliberate policies to outsource major provisions
in health and education to the Christian Churches. The reasons being that they
have the compassion and the know how to reach out to the communities; sustain
the services without fail, and they are accountable to resources and standards.
Using the current policy of PPP, the state must legislate to grant the mainline
churches access to resources and supplementary manpower to run health and
educational services for the people. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">You who are gathered here are really the
blessings from many who have given their time freely and willingly to have you
complete professional training. It will be time now to return this free and
willing spirit back to communities and the country which have blessed you to be
successful today. Let us all join our hand to acknowledge and thank so many
people of goodwill; you parents and members of your families; the Assemblies of
God Community and of course the sponsors to who have given unconditional
support. You are going out to be the ambassadors’ the worthy representatives of
you clans, families and joining in the family of young professionals for the
workforce that this nation will need you. Therefore you will be the instruments
and act as the guardians of the </span><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-effects-shadow-align: none; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 65.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 5400000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 3.4pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 5.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .075pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none;">trusteeship and
stewardship roles and responsibilities from the many men and women of faith who
went before you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">I want to share with you a summary of one of
many short essays written by primary school students in most populated country.
This book of essay I bought to give as a gift to my bubu on a Christmas day.
That essay was about corruption and how the country was drowned in poverty and
hopelessness; but concludes that the country has the determination and will
power to fight the menace and retain its identify and independence given it by
its founding fathers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">The story of corruption in its many ugly
manifestations is household stories that people- especially families and many
others are relating and the dire consequential empirical realties on the ground.
I want to stress that the environment that all of our graduates will end up
facing is real- we must be ready and willing to face it and address them as we
seek to change for better! You do not have to be clever that you are to live,
see, to feel and to sensational exposure and experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Before I come to the MAIN POINTS of my address; let me reflect on what we are on about
today in this country. So in your own understanding; what do you make out from
what you hear and read about taking back PNG? Have you had tie out to talk
about with your friends and colleagues? Do you understand the question? Do you
think this is a very critical matter now? You will now be burdened with the
responsibilities of finding answers from now onwards!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> I just
wanted to remind us all that the political catch phrase of taking back is about
revisiting the same sentiments conveyed to the Members of the Constructional
Planning Committee by our people from throughout PNG. The Committee sought
views about how to government, who should own what and how much of PNG. Even
these sentiments are written up in the Eight Point Plan, subsequently these
were inserted in the Five National Goals and Directive Principles. From 1975 to
2008, some more than 30 years another high level Taskforce of ten men and two
women toured the country, this time to get the views of the people to jointly
plan with the Government for their next forty years- now coined as the PNG
Vision 2050.This forty year plan has had well set out, unanimously agreed Seven
Pillars. If followed consistently would have resulted in achieving our people’s
dreams!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Be that these may lead us to in the remaining
years of the planned Forty year, I want to take up the very obvious loose ends
of our journey so far and dwell very quickly on the following: We have soon
come down to the crossroad as a nation; and our people seriously wandering what
has become of us as a nation, and as people. The panic buttons have been
switched on, there are red lights everywhere flickering; why because are faced
with a situation of unavoidable mega consequences if we do not do something dramatic
right now- before it is too late!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">To get myself into some sort of academic exercises
I did a bit of reading and literature review; in which case I have come across
some intellectual giants of our recent world history debating on issues and
challenges of their time in their respective countries and regions- names that
came to the fore are for example Professor Walter Rodney (Guyana, 1972); Alan
Paton (South Africa, 1948)), Frantz Fanon (Algeria, 1961); and not so long ago in
PNG Armashi Azeem and his colleagues published in 1979 a book called the
“Development and Dependency- the political economy of PNG. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> In
reading these far and wide ranging thoughts and ensuing discussions, one thing
appears common in underpinning the current PNG state of affairs – it appears to
me that the majority of our people are desperate as we have lost the plot big
time. We do not have any sense of dignity, ownership and identity. We have, in
a short time reduced to” market mamas and papas” on the street. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">I have come to deliver one urgent challenge;
that is that when you leave the gates of this maturing national institution please
takes with you the following messages. That you are going OUT to be the champions
and game changers of our times; you are the apostles being send to revisit the
pathways we have been travelling; almost carefree and also carelessly- even
blindly too! I want to ask you to put on your thinking cap and seriously look
around you critically.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is what you can do between now and when
you are accepted into your chosen career; be bold, be courageous and be your
best. Look around you and see the daily sweeping away of your home soil by the
heavy rains; see the changing demographics of your community; see the intrusion
of by a neighbour, a stranger, and alien who does not exactly match your
pigmentation; the one who is dressed up in matching set of clothes and standing
outside with some money, lamp flabs and sweet talks about the next ritual
called the national election; You will also see the sights of real malnourished
children, naked children who should be in school; but with tropical ulcers
without penicillin and bandages. The is
the sad realties we are faced daily in our villages, towns and settlements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: .5in 40.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">These are the sights and sound you will be
confronted in our tropical paradise which once was, but no more! Are you
liberated? Are you Bold? Are you courageous? Are you being your best; to
confront these? If you are then take up the challenge and do something; for
there are enough of you to band up in twos to be the catalyst for dramatic,
revolutionary change agents for better tomorrow! We need smart, courageous spokespersons who
dare say- ENOUGH; please do go on and take up the cross and move forward; where
many have been hastened to do so. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">THIS IS SUCH A RARE OCASSION TO SHARE A FEW OF
THE PRESSING ISSUES AND CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACING US RIGHT NOW.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR GRADUATING CLASS
OF 2021- YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS, ACTION PACKED NEW YEAR- 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", "sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">THANK YOU TO ONE AND ALL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p>
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<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="file:///D:/GRADUATION%20AT%20THE%20ASSEMBLIES%20OF%20GOD%20HIGHER%20EDUCATION%20INSTITUTE.docx#_ednref1" name="_edn1" title=""><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoEndnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[i]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> Joseph
Sukwianomb commenced his career as a teaching fellow at the then Faculty of
Education, University of Papua New Guinea after graduating Bachelor of
Education in July 1978. In 1984 he obtained his Master of Arts in Education and
Rural Development from the Kenyatta University, Kenya. He returned to Teaching
and Research duties at UPNG; and in 1987 he was offered a position of Secretary
General of Tonga based Population and Family Heath Alliance with sponsorship from
the USAID Office regional in Suva, Fiji. In 1992 he returned home to PNG and
took up the post of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea.
Upon taking up the Vice Chancellorship; he was instrumental in transferring UPNG’s
Education Faculty to Goroka, which later in 1997 became the University of
Goroka.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In 1997 he took up position as the Chief of
Staff in the Office of the National Parliament Speaker for two year until he
was appointed Secretary of the Department of Community Development. After
serving three year term he was offered a position of Director in the then
Public Sector Reform Management Unit, Department of the Prime Minister from
2003 to 2013 when he was retired from active duties. Joseph was one of the
senior officials whole managed and directed resources to get the PNG Vision
2050 launched in 2008. Currently he is freelancing and offering advisory and
consultancy services to the Department of Management and the Ambunti Drekikier
District Development Authority. Spanning over forty year, Joseph has a long and
passionate association with the higher education sector both here in his home
country, the South Pacific and the developing world across the globe. Joseph
has been regular commentator of public polices, PNG’s political and social
issues in his blogger: </span></p><p class="MsoEndnoteText" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">http/tiikiiembshiiemb.blogspot.com </span></b></p>
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</div>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-71953456016869001632021-12-03T08:52:00.004-08:002022-03-01T03:10:12.215-08:00Reengaging indegenous labour and land: investing in Green Gold Mine<p>This is a lead Paper that was used by the Department of Personnel Management to do up an NEC Submission for reengaging the soon-to be retired Public Servants to go into business to participate in the Wealth Creation policy for Papua New Guinea by Papua New Guineans starting in 2022 (Author: Joseph Sukwianomb).</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">CREATING WEALTHY PAPUA NEW
GUINEANS IN AGRIBUSINESS <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Papua
New Guinea has twenty-six known renewable resources held in trust to sustain
our lives on this seemingly crowded planet earth. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On
the eve of post PNG Vision 2050 launch, Stephen Rere in May 2010 made a dogged,
uncharacteristic statement ever after an end of a workshop where he was an
invited guest to the Department of the Prime Minister and National Executive
Council. The letter was addressed to late Margaret Elias, then Acting Chief
Secretary. In part Rere said…<b> “Although
we have the gas, minerals, and oil boom now, this is only temporary. I believe
in investing in the everlasting Green Gold Mine (Agriculture) and Intellectual
Mine (Human Resources)”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Two Gifts
of Sustainable Life- Labour and Land<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Two
of the most sacred precious gifts bestowed upon PNG by the Creator are the
people and their vast land resource. These are all at our complete disposal.
This is the reason why for sixty thousand years our people have been independent
and self-sufficient in cultivating the land and fished in the rivers and the
seas. It is in our DNA that we are natural in our determined quest for survival
throughout the ages. We invented and perfected agriculture for the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
PNG has been called upon by our Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape to rightfully
and urgently secure these gifts of life and using them maximally and
responsibly to the fullest for the benefit of all. Daily we are challenged to
return and work on the land. Agriculture and more agriculture is the echoing buzz
word for all of us. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Realising
the Components of the Marape Manifesto <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On
the eve of the 44<sup>th</sup> anniversary of our country’s independence in
September 2019; an all-powerful brand new voice never heard before was heard;
that callout to all citizens, urging them to rally behind him, the whole nation
under the banner of the new language tag- called “<b>TAKE BACK PNG”.</b> The call by PM Marape became known as the Marape Manifesto;
the ten pointers published Manifesto have been aligned succinctly to the Seven
Pillars of the <st1:stockticker w:st="on">PNG</st1:stockticker> Vision 2050.
This project is aimed at reassigning and realising the real practical meaning
to one of the seven pillars of the PNG V2050.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pillar
No Two of the PNGV2050 is <b>Wealth
Creation</b>; which called for all Papua New Guineans to busily work and develop
our resources in order to create our wealth together. One of the most valuable, renewable resources
is our human capital that we must train and exploit consciously and vigorously;
so as to mine the agriculture as our ancestors did for centuries. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In
agriculture there are six areas that have been identified, which are the food
crops, the non-food crops, animals, insects and freshwater fish. Farming and
harvesting these resources using economies of scale are family or community
orientated and can ensure sustainability in production and supply; first to
sustain our lives and second to export to external markets. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Rice
Maniacs of PNG<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Take
for example a food crop of rice and its volume of consumption nationally. In
Port Moresby alone, Stephen Rere in his recent research found that in a single
day the 720, 000 persons consume two packets of one kg of rice per day at K5
per package. In a day the 720,000 persons on average consumes K7million kina
worth of rice in a single day. In a year Port Moresby residents alone consumes
K2.6 billion kina. Imagine if Papua New Guineans grow their own rice we could all
save in Port Moresby 2.6 billion kina in import bills. In PNG we could save 44
billion kina in importing just rice alone. We can save this amount of money and
seriously and tangibly <b><i>Take Back PNG</i></b>! Are we ready? Yes, we
are and we can. Let us just do that NOW!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Investing
in Public Service Retirees for Agribusiness (the Reskilling/Upskilling Project
components)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In
Papua New Guinea the Prime Minister will have in his disposal the availability
of public servants retiring which is about 10 percent of its workforce each
year. This project which is being spearheaded by the Prime Minister will bring
about innovation, transformation and inclusiveness of public service retirees
into an active economic growth sector; thus broadening the base for
participants particularly in agribusiness. The spin off benefits and consequential
impacts in this government supported intervention will include among others the
following:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Personal
Viability Training project is a refresher, up skilling and motivational for
agribusiness participants from the public service retirees by supporting them through
government approval and support to enter business in agribusiness. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
public service retirees are quite unique in the sense of their immediate
availability and utility because they have the back-up savings from their respective
superfunds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
government will recognize and support partnership contributions in growing the
economy by the public servants by assisting them to settle into business; thus
achieving in one practical way of creating wealth for and by Papua New Guineans.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
obvious expected superfunds guarantees become the less risky guarantees against
loans to be given by the National Development Bank, thus allowing the retirees
to exit the public service and enter the private sector business enterprise. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This
window of opportunity will provide an incentive for both retirees, retrenched
public servants and others thinking of leaving the public service earlier to
take up self- employment in agribusiness.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This deliberate
exercise initiated by government will in turn create space and free up positions
in the public service; thus allowing the younger workforce to enter the public
service workforce.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Instant availability
of senior well-educated and experienced public servants that can help
communities to access quality, informed leadership, build and maintain
confidence; leading to a definite, secured peace and order leading to innovative
community development and social cohesion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Government
can build and maintain its presence through shared communication and liaison in
communities working with and through the presence of former public servants. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As the
numbers of persons increase annually, so will the community wellbeing, wealth
and prosperity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Why
Invest in Agribusiness and Public Service Retirees</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Investing
in land and labour through the savings from superfunds in agriculture related
business; and inviting public service retirees to partake is a great scheme
that is worth pursuing to its logical conclusion and even sustainability<b>. <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
hidden opportunities for elevated yields in dividends for individuals and
communities can add to tangible results to our Prime Minister’s call to create
wealth and take back PNG. The PM will through this project diversify opportunities
for greater number of Papua New Guineans to take part in practical ways in
PNG’s economic activities, thus creating wealth and taking back PNG. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This
PNG brand of economic participation and self-reliance by every living Papua New
Guinean will be a most telling testimony to our claim that we were the first
agriculturalists on the planet earth- we also perfected agriculture and
domesticated food cops too. There will certainly be more at stack, which
include.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Public
service retirees will have in their disposal the land, labour, besides safe and
secured funds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Government
will be embarking on a scheme that will get public service retirees to participate
in agribusiness in their own land among their respective communities by leading
in creating and sustaining cash inflows whilst at the same time creating human,
community wealth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Most
public service retirees will end up in rural areas; many will have their land
to settle after life in the public service.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There is
big potential for PNG citizens to enter agribusiness as they were the first
destined agriculturalists of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Government
deliberate intervention through this project with low investment risks should
attract volumes of serious indigenous ownership and participation in agribusiness,
thus realising the enduring principle of taking back <st1:stockticker w:st="on">PNG.</st1:stockticker><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">On
the occasion of the launch of the Marape Manifesto a group of well-meaning
Papua New Guineas presented to the Prime Minister in Goroka a document showing
alignment of the Marape Manifesto to the PNG Vision 2050. Here was the opening
statement from that document titled</span>- <i>I</i><i><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">nformation
Paper for the Prime Minister</span></i><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">,
September 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 31.5pt; margin-right: 22.5pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 22.5pt 10pt 31.5pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Take Back PNG have long
been encapsulated in the PNG Vision 2050 and the call by the Marape Government
was a miraculous reminder to every citizen to refocus and return to the master
blue print platform to direct and guide development in a structured, cohesive
and coordinated manner”</span></b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">PNG
has twenty-six known renewable sources of resources as assets, and thus has the
guarantees of secured wealth for a long times. Thus, all deliberate and concerted
efforts by the Government, the private sector and the entire indigenous
populations are required to empower each one of us to create wealth from our
vast renewable natural resources, through the development of entrepreneurial
skills, to create wealth for and by all for national self-sufficiency and
sustenance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This
is the time that opportunities must be created for citizens to start-up
businesses and to expand existing businesses. If there should be more, the
better. This possibility must be realised through tax relief, technical and
financial support, the establishment of an entrepreneurial incubator scheme and
other incentives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
public service retirees’ agribusiness refresher course project proposal provided
in this submission is one sure way to go forward in answering the Prime
Minister’s call to take back PNG by creating wealth for and by ourselves. The
one partner, Goroka Agribusiness Training Institute has 12 years success story
to share with all citizens who aspire to be free and self-sufficient once more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]-->6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Facilitation,
Partnerships and Alignment</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To
take back <st1:stockticker w:st="on">PNG</st1:stockticker>, one of the sure
ways of achieving this is to mobilise the public sector workforce who have to
be prepared to get back, inspire their communities and help build, own and grow
the tangible and intangible wealth of this country. The component of the latent
labour force that the country has and can be easily be mobilised, energized and
up skilled are the public service retirees who can be “prepared” or de-schooled
to go back to their roots or the communities, and on to respective primary
resource base, which is the land.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Hon. James Marape has requested that in-service, refresher, motivation training
must be provided to selected number of intending retirees from the public
service. The Office of the Prime Minister is now engaged in securing the
services of a proven, reputable agribusiness training facility to provide that
training to the soon-to- be retiring public servants. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In respect of
the above-mentioned training facility, the Goroka Agribusiness Training
Institute has been identified to partner with Government to provide
agribusiness training modules to be trialed with by engaging with the so-to be
retiring public servants starting in 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The
Department of Personnel Management will take leadership responsibilities of
liaising with departments identified to present the estimated number of
possible retirees. DPM will also liaise with the Office of the Prime Minister in
securing time for joint discussions and understanding with the National
Development Bank and various Superfunds to assist in their respective
jurisdictions to facilitate the proposed Government intervention project.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Timeframe
and Implementation Schedules<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Once
the draft submissions are presented to the Office of the PM, the Office will
then present it to the Prime Minister and get his feedback, which is critically
important. When the PM has made his inputs then this is taken back to Stephen
Rere and Joseph Sukwianomb to move it by way of arranging or advising for a
series of meetings between PM’s Office, DPM Secretary and Offices of the NDB
and respective Superfunds. That is if these assignments have not been done.
Otherwise it is proposed that all these activities will have their respective
completion dates by end of October 2021.; if not then it will be early 2022.</span></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-62354271888048926152021-12-03T08:29:00.001-08:002021-12-03T08:29:12.159-08:00<p> <b>A War within- the Case of Pangu Pati</b></p><p>Since being elected the first woman President of Pangu Pati, Papua New Guinea's first and the oldest political Party in the country has been, and still is very challenging and even stressful for Ms. Eregeri Singin. A graduate of the University of Papua New Guinea, Ms. Singin held down a number of key positions in government, spanning over two decades or more. She even had a stint as an academic and researcher in Tourism and Hospitality at the Catholic University in Madang.</p><p>Ms. Singin's rise to being the only woman in the country to hold an elective position, and a powerful one at that was not just that, and easy one to say the least. Her father was a died heart Pangu Pati supporter in her home province of Morobe, the largest province among the twenty-two provinces that make up the country. Ms. Singin says that a young women, her world constituted " Bible, Cows and Pangu Pati". That was her world, and her late father wanted nothing more or less. </p><p>So a succession story is not just made yesterday, she was prepared for it over several decades, in fact over five decades of going foreword. In a male dominated Pangu Pati's Governing Council, the highest and most powerful body elected Ms. Singin with 47 votes, beating her male colleague and the sitting President by ten votes less with 37 Votes. But her resounding victory in the electoral box was not the lenience to smooth access to power and privileges. Ms. Singin is still operating outside the posh Pangu Pati Office in the Central Waigani Suburb, only a mile away from the Office of the Prime Minister, James Marape. PMJM is the leaders of the Parliamentary Wing of Pangu Pati. Prime Minister Marape has forty Members of Parliament who migrated mostly form other political parties for their own conveniences. </p><p>Ms. Singin's problem has to do with intrusions in a political party that was for all this years dominated by men, and this time it is very difficult for any normal man to allow a woman in an arrangement where Pangu Pati is the dominant partner in coalition of loose "particles" Members of Parliament who migrated from other, less significant poetical parties to make up the numbers to elect the current Prime Minister.</p><p>Currently, and it is four months in to office, Ms. Singin has not faculties, not even key personnel to help her assume her role as the President of a political party in Government. But that is irony of it all!. She is at least finding some temporary solace, if not for a very short while meeting and planning with a group of loyal supporters of both the Pangu Pati and Ms. Singin by her close associates and colleagues who ether went to high school together during her high school days; if not some of her contemporary colleagues who were also studying in the University of Papua New Guinea in the late seventies. Mind you, the five year term for the current Parliament is almost ending while Papua New Guineans are looking forward to the 2022 National Elections which will kick start in April 2022.</p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-5961533022465286292021-08-01T05:49:00.001-07:002021-08-01T05:49:33.965-07:00Joseph Sukwianomb- Updated CV 6th June 2021<p> </p><h1 align="center" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Miriam;">CURRICULUM VITAE<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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DETAILS<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">Name:<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">JOSEPH THOMAS WOLOMB SUKWIANOMB</span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-left: 2.0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: -2.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">Permanent Address:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Section
107, Allotment 08, Hornbill Crescent, Gordons, NCD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; margin-left: 2.0in; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-indent: -2.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">Postal Address:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>PO
Box 1714, Vision City, Waigani, NCD, PNG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">Mobile:<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>+675
72911401; + 675 76850868<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">WhatsApp<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>72911401<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">Blogger<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>http//tiikiieembsiiemb.blogspot.com<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">E-mail:<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>napambuia@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span>Date
of Birth:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Not Applicable in this
instance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">Nationality:<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>PAPUA
NEW GUINEAN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; padding: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span><span style="color: #4f81bd;">EDUCATION & TRAINING<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">Educational
Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">1984</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Master
of Arts in Development Education<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-left: 92.15pt; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 92.15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -20.15pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">Kenyatta University, Kenya, East Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 92.15pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">1978 </span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bachelor of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 92.15pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>University of Papua New Guinea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">TRAINING
&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>JOB ATTACHMENTS<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">1985</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Six months at the University
of Hawaii, twinning arrangement @ <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-left: 71.25pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">Faculty of Education Teaching and Learning in
multi-cultural educational environment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">1989</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Two weeks @ John Hopkins,
University Teaching Hospital <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>“Management
Training on hospital based care”, Baltimore, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">2010</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Two
weeks, Personal Viability Training, Port Moresby with the </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">Objective of Securing a place and certainty in post PNG
Vision <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2050 Era<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Toc80753956"></a><a name="_Toc47283533"></a><a name="_Toc47283325"></a><a name="_Toc47283260"></a><a name="_Toc47283209"></a><a name="_Toc47283123"></a><a name="_Toc47283075"></a><a name="_Toc47282909"></a><a name="_Toc460487296"></a><a name="_Toc460481327"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc460487296;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47282909;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283075;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283123;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283209;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283260;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283325;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283533;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc80753956;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 12.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc460481327;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc460487296;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47282909;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283075;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283123;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283209;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283260;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283325;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc47283533;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Toc80753956;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">PROFESSIONAL </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;">ASSOCIATIONS: </span></b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Nil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; mso-pagination: none; padding: 0in; tab-stops: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span>EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY</span></b><span style="color: #4f81bd; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1978</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Teacher, Manggai High School, New
Ireland, Papua New Guinea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At
Manggai High School, I was being introduced as a high school teacher, and was
give responsibilities to teach social science and non-formal education courses.
The engagement was for six months to end of December 1978.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -1.0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1989</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Teaching Fellow/Lecturer, Faculty of
Education, University of Papua New Guinea.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 1.0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At
University of Papua New Guinea, I was one of the first in a third batch of
future researchers and academics being recruited to teach at the University of
PNG. I was then sent overseas with a number of others to overseas universities
in both advanced and developing economics ranging from the UK, the US, Canada,
New Zealand, Russia, India, Philippines, West Indies and East Africa. After
three years completing my Master’s Degree in Education, I returned to UPNG for
Kenya and was appointed Lecturer in Education. I thought for 5 years until I
took up a contract assignment to Tonga for three years from 1989-1991.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: -1.0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1989-1991</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Secretary
General of the South Pacific alliance for Family Health, Kingdom of Tonga,
South Pacific Assignment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">I was the Head and
CEO of this regional organisation responsible for population policy
development, health education promotions for children and mothers in health
related programmes sponsored by the US through its USAID South Pacific
Programmes. Ten Pacific Island Countries were involved, which included Papua
New Guinea. Here I worked with Government and Non-Governmental Organisations
and also with certain Christian charities in the South Pacific islands
countries.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.0in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1992-1995</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Vice Chancellor of the University of Papua New
Guinea</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I was the academic
and administrative head and CEO of the country’s first major university
providing education leadership and manpower to post independent Papua New
Guinea. In my time I had done some very important innovative work that included
introduction of post graduate studies, and transferred Education faculty to
Goroka Secondary School Teachers Training College. Here the highlights include:</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Initiated
a research and Postgraduate studies programme with an appointment of senior
academic as a Dean of Post Graduate Studies;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">With
other two state universities negotiated successfully a loan from Asian
Development Bank for Capacity Building for state universities academic and
research scholars;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Obtained
extra funding from PNG Government for women students accommodation;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1997-1998</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Chief of Staff, Office of the Speaker of
National Parliament<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In my capacity as
Chief of Staff, I was in charge of managing all matters, political,
administrative and finical that had direct relationship to the running of the
Office of the head of the Legislature. I served in that post for twenty four
months. During the my tenure there, I had assisted in setting up a political
party- the Advance PNG Party under the leadership of the Speaker of the
National Parliament, John Pundari. From here I moved on, having been appointed
as Secretary to the Department of Community development, a post I held on
contract for three years from 1999-2003.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1998-2003</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Secretary for Department for Community
Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Department of
Community Development is one of most important and the busiest and active
government agency in Papua New Guinea. The Government of the day appointed me Permanent
Secretary or Departmental Head of the Department of Community Development.
Among many challenges that were posed at that time was for me to re-establish
the Department for an Office; I which I did over the period of my tenure from
1998 t0 2003. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> A</o:p></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">fter three years of
devoted time and energy, back by a wiling government, I was able to put programmes
and project into the budget for annual allocation from the national government.
The Department dealt with wide ranging issues from child protect, gender
equity, civil registration, youth and the disabled persons, and of course the
elderly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: .5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the time of three
years I spent working to build the organisation, we have managed to attract
international partners to support programmes and projects such as the safe City
Project by UNDP, gender equity by UNFPA (now UN Women), AusAid for Civil
Registry etc.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1.0in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="text-indent: -1in;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2003-2013</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -1in;"> Director
General- Public Sector Reform, Department of Prime Minister & NEC (established
by Prime Minister, Peter O’ Neill as the Office of the PNG Vision 2050 in 2012)</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -2.45pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
most significant highlight of my involvement in the reform work in Papua New
Guinea, since reforms in the public sector domain were introduced in 2000 had
to do with assisting the government of the day to work on the mega reform
package under the auspices of the now popularly adopted long term plan for
Papua New Guinea- the Papua New Guinea Vision 2050.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If in
the wisdom of the powers that be have been contemplating or heavily involved in
the good management and governance practices of a government after 2009, then
the reforms being anticipated has to be, undoubtedly anchored in the PNG Vision
2050; because it is here that Papua New Guinea has finally found a medium to
articulate the Five Directive Principles of the national Constitution, and
hereafter the Eight Point Plan that was introduced by the First Chief Minister
of Papua New Guinea, Grand Chief and Founding Father of the nation, Sir Michael
Thomas Somare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -4.5pt;">Even the international conventions, including
those of the United Nations have been rearticulated and captured in the conceptual
framework and subsequent operational guidance or directional statements of the
PNG Vision 2050, now referred in the common parlance as the 267 Strategic
Policy Directions or simply the SPDs. All government agencies are to adopt and
adept in their respective work plans and implement consistently over the
planned period of forty years. The national budget allocation in 2013 has
purposely allocated financial resources under the development budget to
priority areas defined in the PNG Vision 2050.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 45.0pt; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In my capacity as the Director General of the
Reform Unit at that time, I had assisted in planning and implementing a time
bound work plan, maximizing resources, as well as contacts and and influence,
including the good will to surmount a huge national innovative campaign to take
most people and organisation, logistical to assist and facilitate the twelve
member team, call the Strategic Plan taskforce to collect information travel
the country and to hold crucial meetings and workshop to ensure that everyone
who mattered had their say in the formulation of the long term plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 45.0pt; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
major highlights in this first ever endeavour in our national discourse were:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Completion,
publication, approval and launching of the PNG Vision 2050 on time;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Subsequent
consultation nationally with key stockholders to produce 267 Strategic Policy
Directions (SPDs);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Coordination
of all government agencies, provincial administrations, private sector
organisations, and community based groups to begin their alignment with the
country’s higher plans, in particular the integrated provincial development
plans for the twenty two provinces;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Monitoring
of the processes of implementation and reviews and providing reports to the
authorities. This was An Experience of a Lifetime: Office of the PNG Vision
2050<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The current government on taking office has decided to establish
the Office of the Papua New Guinea in August 2012, and had the office come
under the responsibility of the Prime Minister. The responsibilities for
formulating, advising, coordinating and reporting on implementing all national
reforms within the public sector were assigned to the Office of the PNG Vision
2050.My current responsibility is to carry out coordination and assessments of
impacts projects consequential to the 267 Strategic Policy Directions as
adopted through the Sectoral Policies and the Integrated Provincial Development
Plans. Also, timely and critical advice is given to all agencies to ensure,
resources being allocated, whether through the PNG National Budget or from
development partners are spent according to approved priorities, plans,
programmes and activities. Part of the mandate of the Office of the PNG Vision
2050 is to carry out or instigate programmes of audits, institutional
restructuring, rightsizing and accountability of public funds among public
institutions and office holders.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span>Retired in 2013
after 35 years of public service duties in PNG & Overseas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Since 2013
additional continuing duties on ad hoc basis including but not <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>restricted to
the following:-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2014- 2016</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Consultancy
& Advisory duties to the Secretariat of the <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Independent
Commission Against Corruption, reporting to the Office of the Chief Secretary
to Government. Special assignments included setting up of the Center for
Education, Training, Research and Advocacy on governance and leadership at the
Law School, University of Papua New Guinea.<span style="color: red;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2012-2015<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Assisted
the Chief Secretary with the planning and hosting of the National Leadership
Summit, Port Moresby. Seminar <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2014-2015<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chairman of the 2015
Waigani Seminar Organizing<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Committee,
University of Papua New Guinea (the theme was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Celebrating the Past, Understanding the Present and Charting the Future
through Effective Leadership and Good Governance</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">August 2015- Present <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Appointed
by the National Executive Council to be a Member of the National Aids Council,
May 2017- present<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Appointed
by the NEC as the Chancellor of the Interim <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Council
of the University of Goroka to secure that <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>major higher educational establishment
from collapse and disrepute, following extended students’ led boycott in August
2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2013-2016</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Providing
on-going technical advisory services to the <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Minister
for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, especially in
connection with the NEC Decision No: 220/2014 (development of regional
institutes of technology in PNG).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">June 2016<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Assisted the Department of Health in
facilitating its<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Bi- Annual National
Health Conference, Port Moresby<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">May 2017</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>to
current Appointed by NEC as a member of the National <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>Aids Council.
Currently Chairman of the HR Committee of <span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>National
AIDS Council.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">September 2019</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Led a small PNG Team appointed by the
University of Goroka Council to help usher in the leadership of Hon. James
Marape to align the Marape Manifesto to the PNG Vision 2025 Directive Statements
contained in the Seven Pillars of the PNGV 2050<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">June 2021</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Interim Chairman of Ambunti Regional
Development Forum. Assisting the Ambunti Drekikier District Development
Authority Redefine Development for rural areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 1.5in; tab-stops: 45.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">July
2021</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Assisting the
Office of the Prime Minister with Development of a submission to NEC for
approval for Public Service Retirees to enter the Agribusiness upon retiring.
This is a special intervention for government to support public service
retirees to enter business using their superfunds for loans by the National
Development Bank (unique collaborative venture)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left: 45.0pt; tab-stops: 45.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">MR. SIMON KENEHE</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">, Former Chairman,
Papua New Guinea Commission for Higher Education. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Telephone No:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>+675 76389368, email
address:skenehe@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">PROFESSION ALBERT
MELLAM</span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
Former Vice Chancellor, University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New
Guinea. Telephone No: + 675 76850911, + 675 72280006, email address:al.mellam@gmail.com<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: .5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PROFESSOR
Fr Jan Czuba, </b>Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Research, Science
& Technology, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Telephone: 73666636, email:
jczuba@icloud.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Signature: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Date:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-bottom: 2.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">JOSEPH SUKWIANOMB @ Gordons, NCD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-71684791371820276142021-08-01T05:41:00.002-07:002021-08-01T05:41:24.173-07:00A Letter to my friend Russ<p> <span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Thursday
29</span><sup style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> July 2021</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Mr.
Russell Alcorn</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">General
Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pacific
Sterling Limited<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Email:
</span><a href="mailto:russ@pacific-sterling.com"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">russ@pacific-sterling.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Phone:
+ 61(0)450 111 516<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify;">Dear
Sir:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Commentaries
following receipt of and reading from the brochure from futurevalue (investor
Opportunity – Papua New Guinea)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Thank
you very much for giving us the rare insights and opportunity to read from the
outset the growing opportunities poised for Papua New Guinea in the area of
alternative development paradigm from the perspectives of </span><i style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">futurevalue</i><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> new thinking by conscious decisions making in
investments in the green economy and people based participation. This
proposition has our support from the people of Ambunti which has the world
third largest forest conversation area in the world. The Hunstein Range Forest
in Ambunti District is already in the carbon trading market, one such
significant buyer being Qantas from Australia.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Our
brief readings and understanding would be that the investments in the global
scene in Australia, Madagascar, and Venezuela and here in Papua New Guinea are
aimed at helping the poor, marginalized sectors of our communities. A glance of
the PNG scene from what you have posted there are three such communities in the
three districts identified as being Kikori, Maprik and Madang where investments
are forecasted on the notions of Community Regeneration Projects; the cause to
move people in those communities.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Thus,
in the this instance, our viewing of the </span><i style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Cement
Niugini </i><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">proposed for Kikori District is premised on the use of clean energy
and people centered, so they take part right in the location where they are. We
understand that already an agreement has been reached and formalized between partners-
Kewa Clan of Kikori, Future Value Co PTY LTD and Pacific Sterling Ltd (PNG). We
commend the partners and welcome this very important forward step.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The
Cement Niugini involvement brings to light or at least be foreshadowed in the
four main areas of expected outcomes listed as in the Economic, Social
infrastructure, Social Wellbeing and Environment faculties. Hence, people
centered development is projected to benefit all stakeholders.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">We
then turn to the section on the broader issues pertaining to Community
Regeneration Areas, which are being addressed now; and which we can hope that
this be addressed in the relevant contexts, such as the one we have
communicated in our communication to you; i.e. as in the case of the Ambunti
Region of the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">For
the Ambunti Region we have proposed priorities to you the following areas for your
serious consideration.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rural Electrification and broad
based community power supply<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Establishment of a TAFE like
college to train community based agriculturalists, tour guides, freshwater
fishermen/women and foresters among others for conversation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rural Policing and security
training<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Peace and reconciliation training
using Melanesian forms of conflict resolution and mediation (i.e. mechanics of
restorative justice).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">We
note with great interest what you have listed as the outcomes to be derived
from the support for community-centered development in PNG for communities in
Kikori, Maprik and Madang. These are being highlighted below-</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Regenerative Agriculture&
Marine permaculture;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Eco Tourism and Income
diversification<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Natural Capital utilization and
conversation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Community Infrastructure and
Security<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Diversity and Inclusion,
especially women and youth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Bahnschrift Light";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Education and Workforce
development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">In the last few
pages of the brochure we note and acknowledge the key drivers of the movements
towards alternative development focus and strategies. We acknowledge the
notables are being:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Selar Henderson- Managing Director,
Future Value Global<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr.
Russell Alcorn- General Manager, Pacific Sterling Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We
also find solace in our thoughts and admiration for the lineup of important global
Strategic Partners such as the:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Centre for Infrastructure and Society</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sentient Hubs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abundant Earth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Climate Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">We
can say unreservedly from the outset that we the people and communities of
Ambunti Region are willing partners in the spirit of Third World Coalition to
bring about transformation and mindset change in our communities in Ambunti by
being proactive with global leaders listed above.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Yours
sincerely,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Blackadder ITC"; font-size: 13pt;">Signed</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Bahnschrift Light","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Joseph
Sukwianomb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-84732949316451832882021-06-13T22:51:00.004-07:002021-06-13T22:51:21.859-07:00Joseph Sukwianomb to Johnson Wopunai<p> AN OPEN MEMORANDUM TO MEMBER ELECT- JOHNSON.WOPNAI, AMBUNTI-DREKIKIER</p><p>_________________________________________________</p><p>This is an open letter to the member elect for Ambunti-Drekikier, Johnson Wopnai. Then letter arises from and on behalf of the poor, disadvantaged and forgotten peoples of Ambunti and Drekikier. The letter also represents a small, but recignised senior public and private office holders, both past and present from two sub-districts of Ambunti and Drekikier, a vast and yet diverse and geographically difficult areas of East Sepik, and PNG.First, we offer our congratulate you on the election victory, the first time since the late Anskar Carmel held that post many deccades back.You represent a small but reknowned senior citizens who served PNG with distiction and commitment. Just to refresh our minds, includung you and many fellow citizens of Ambunti and Drekikier. That those who served PNG before you came from the electorate that our peple have mandated you to serve. These senior professionals were and are:Joshua Kalinoe, Lawerenc Kalinoe, Joseph Klapat, Joseph Sukwianomb, Joel Luma, Damien Gamiendu, Clement Malau, the late Clement Taipala, Dr Clement Malau, Daniel Takendu, Deputy Police Commissioner Jim Andrew, Joseph Auli, Joseph Oiyoumb, Angela.Mandie, Dr Jimbanau, Alois Mateos, High Commissioner Agwi, Tony Aimo, Ruben Wak, David Pokote and many others. On their behalf we congratulate and welcome you to hold public office. In welcoming you, we also offer our combined wealth of expertise Damien W Nomdul is desperate adventurer for pnc’s lost cause. He is a cunning intruder in every political space, just ignore his knocks and carry on planning the next new government without pnc. Period our people in the district. We stand ready to assist, but the first call has to come from you. We also advise that you contact the soon-to-be Governor elect for East Sepik, Mr Allan Bird to familiarize yourself, as well as joining with his new line up in the provincial government of East Sepik in taking up some form of leadership such as chairmanship(s)in some development areas such as health, education, agriculture and tourism among others. We strongly advise that party affiliations are short lived , time bound ands time consuming games played by others for power and privileges, but seek for great, sustainable opportunities within the provincial, national government, maximize those opportunities, while. Looking beyond into the horizons to invite and engage with development partners and benefit from technical and financial resources. The member elect must reach out to Ambassador Joshua Kalinoe, European Union, High Commissioner Agwi, New Zealand and retired High Commissioner, Damien Gamindu at Malu village to have initial conversations and invite them to be part of your team. There are no other persons who are named here to come to your aid. We aslo advise that you consider convening a development forum in Ambunti and invite those named and others to attend and participate and to meaningfull contribute to a five-to ten year development plan for Ambunti-Drekikier. There may have been some early work undertaken.on this front.Our district plan can part of the Sepik Develipment Plan, for reasons of planning and resourcing. Anything else are not sustainable as have shown in so many parts of PNG. As your senior most advisers we can say this, that the much talked about free education and free health services driven from Waigani has not changed lives of millions of our people. You know it too well the conditions that premenantly prevail in places like in the LLG in the Tunap Hunstien area of Ambunti in our electorate, and indeed in many parts of Drekikier as well. Mr Wopunai, the game being played out at five year intervals mean nothing to our people who give mandate to elected members. For us in Ambunti-Drekikier, it should not matter which party you support, the bottom line is you work with all, national government, most importantly the provincial government and your LLGs in the Ambunti -Drekikier and mostly importantly the people of the district, mostly those professionals named here. We shall end here for time being. Should you wish to contact us, use our email address:napambuia@gmail.com</p><div><br /></div>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-46388439019473297222021-06-13T09:13:00.003-07:002021-06-13T09:13:29.197-07:00Creating A Conducive Space in the Central Province<p> Hon Robert Agorobe was one of the twelve PNG visionary leaders that travelled PNG in 2008 , collected peoples' views of development and wrote the almost forgotten PNG Vision 2050. Governor Agorobe knows well and deep , down in his heart the cries of our people, he may well now start from the vantage point of where he is currently domciled- from his backyard, from thinking to making development ideas work (walk the talk!). In PNG and in particular the Central Province we need to address order as a pertinent condition or an issue and indeed a challenge. Governor Agorobe is handling the issue of order related infrastructure for his Province against the backdrop of the National Capital District and to some extent the Gulf Province; and in due time Milne Bay Province. Governor Agorobe and his eleven other Taskforce members who wrote the PNG Strategic Plan, under the watchful eyes of the then Deputy Prime Minister Hon Dr Puka Temu. Both Hon Agorobe and the Abau MP Puka Temu are uniquely placed to create a special space to bring about real transformational chance by creating a conducive space; an ordered society before the any law is like the " spanner" we need in the wheel of chance. Securing the CP boarders is one small but sure way to get many others small and big ways or initiatives going. Also, Governor Agorobe be also advised to take seriously the real basic and technical education for the children and youths of CP. Consider girls and women too! Give the future men and women of your province the basic tools of empowering knowledge and lifelong technical/vocational skills to earn happy and prosperous lives. God Bless Governor Agorobe and his CP people.</p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-69356015537593734262021-06-09T06:47:00.001-07:002021-06-09T06:47:07.449-07:00 In Memory of Prof John Lynch<p> Thank you Dr. Ketan for the information on the passing of the late Prof John Lynch.</p><p>I too join many others who had their stint in the academia, almost a year or two into the eve of independence in</p><p> 1974. I sat as a PY student of Prof Lynch in 1974, graduated in July 1978. I vividly remember those powerful discourses in the famous University Club with the late Papua New Guinean intellectuals like the late Renagi Lohia and Dr Gabriel Gris ( both were Vice Chancellors in those golden years. The late Prof John Lynch sent me on secondment on an assignment, a post tenable in Nuku'alofa, Tonga for 3 years in 1987. Thank you Prof Lynch. I returned from Tonga to UPNG as the next Vice Chancellor in 1992 when Prof Lynch had departed our shores with my dear sister and compatriot, Antonia Piau Lynch and their two lovely boys. John Lynch and Antonia Piau Lynch were great in their humane and cultured ways. Rest in eternal peace Prof Lynch We are assured of you Prof Lynch joining your lovely wife Antonia in heaven. Thank you again.</p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552972713039763896.post-50101978548365903342021-06-09T06:33:00.002-07:002021-06-09T06:34:43.088-07:00Basum Primary School, Ambunti District<p> This is the Primary School shared between Urumbanj and Tongwinjamb villages in the Ward Five area of Ambunti LLG. The lake one sees in the picture is shared between about six distinct villages that make up Nukuma (Amaki, Singouk etc) and the Kwoma villages ( Urumbanj, Tongwinjamb and Sasarman). In the years gone by till now; the most recent times this lake ( round- may be 50 miles by 50 miles) provided a home to rich environmentally sustained eco friendly home to rich marine life for fish, birds, crocodiles, snakes and turtles, most of all for a small sustainable population then!. Today most of the lake area is all mud and sand washed down from the mountain sides after about sixty years of gardening to cater for the rapid increases in population. With this, marine food supply is reduced drastically, river as a means of transportation is curtailed most significantly. Life is now more difficult today than it was some sixty years ago, when yours truly was growing up in once carefree environment. Today's generation is challenged to it's roots to seriously take stock NOW!</p>Joseph Thomas Wolomb Sukwianombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504100586193220863noreply@blogger.com0