MANO HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF COORDINATING AGENCY FOR BENEFICIARY’S FUNDS
Picture Caption: MRDC Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Augustine Mano with Western province Governor Taboi Awi Yoto. PICTURE BY MRDC COMMUNICATIONS TEAM
MINERAL Resources Development Company Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mr Augustine Mano highlighted the importance of having a coordinating agency to channel funds to beneficiaries.
Mr Mano says that if consolidated, there would be quite a lot of money going into the province for infrastructure alone .
“If you look at the funds that are going to Western Province on infrastructure alone, and if you consolidate them, that’s a lot of money.
“If you put OTML the tax credit scheme, the SSGs (Special Support Grants), royalty, PNG SDP and the DDA funds, you put all of them under one basket, you’re dealing with the same people.”
Mr Mano said these are funds that needs to be coordinated.
“All we need is a coordinating agency to channel these funds to the beneficiaries and then develop and move on.
“That is one area in this forum to address. There’s an agency to coordinate so it goes to all the beneficiaries in the province. So, once you have the infrastructure, then you can expect investment to come, employment to be created, and you can see changes.”
