Enga students petition MPs to withdraw from Government

Enga students from the University of Papua New Guinea have petitioned their six members of parliament to withdraw from the current O’Neill-Dion Government.

 

Wabag MP Robert Ganim, who was present in Wabag, acknowledged receipt of the petition.

However, Ganim maintained that he remains an active member of the ruling People’s National Congress Party.

He said PNC has done a lot in just a short term in Government in almost all facets of service delivery.

The petition was the same as that presented to Prime Minister through NCD Governor, Powes Parkop, at UPNG on May 19, except for a new cover letter.

Ganim added that the Prime Minister has sufficiently responded to all issues raised in the students’ petition, even to the point of taking out full colour centrespread advertisements in the Post-Courier, The National and Sunday Chronicle newspapers respectively for public consumption.

Wabag district and Enga as a whole is benefitting from the O’Neill-Dion Government like never before in impact projects such as the K500 million state-of-the-art hospital to be built at Irelya near Wabag town, the multi-million hydro-power project, and the K23 million integrated agro project at Sirunki, to name a few, said Ganim.

“I’d like our good students to see it in this context than being blinded by ulterior motives of puppet stringers who are only using students for their selfish political ends,” Ganim said.

He urged all Enga tertiary students to apply prudence and act responsibly in these trying times as education today was fast becoming a scarce commodity for the privileged.

Author: 
Freddy Mou