By Post Courier
Finance Minister James Marape, as is happy with the Hela Provincial Budget that Governor of Hela, Philip Undialu handed down in the Hela Provincial Assembly in Tari this week.
With an ambitious but achievable internal revenue of K325,765,288 million projection and national government functional grant K148,859,500 million, the budget was handed down with the full support of all PEC and Provincial Assembly members. The budget was fair on all development sectors and all corners of the province receiving its fair share of funding allocation.
Mr Marape, who is also the MP for Tari Pori, commended Mr Undialu for the fair distribution of development funds, irrespective of politics and other personal differences that is prevalent in Hela.
“This is Governor Undialu’s first budget proper for Hela and to see for the first time in my 10 years of being in parliament, my provincial budget that is borne out of consultations and fair equitable distribution of development funds is highly commendable,”a Mr Marape said.
“My colleague ministers, Petrus Thomas and vice Minister Manasseh Makiba offer our support as MPs of the Hela Provincial Assembly to unite to the cause of raising revenues and allocations in the National Budget to service our Hela Budget,” Minister Marape said in the occasion of budget delivery in Assembly.
Today the new generation of leadership in Hela has assembled and united in one accord to the cause of Hela’s development. “Challenges in Hela including lack of progressive development due to inconsistencies in budget focus and implementation challenges in a politically divided and tribal conflicted zones remains our challenges.
“It is fair that our people reciprocate the Governor’s intention by respecting each other and the rule of law.
“ The break up will come later, but let me say for the first time in my 10 years as MP under a provincial assembly, I am satisfied that we have a fair budget irrespective of political affiliations.”
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