Dacca Wagai

Wagai said this when responding to questions raised by the media on whether the contractor for the PNG Games has been paid the full amount for their services.

 “Nirvani initially gave us a scope of K23 million kina. We have a balance of K1.3 million yet to pay.

“The contractor is now insisting that we pay that balance and then they will return to work.

“This is the tenth day that they have stopped work after we just paid Nirvani K5 million in December of last year.

The news was announced at press conference today held by Sports Minister, Justin Tkatchenko, CEO of the PNG Sports Foundation, Peter Tsiamalili Jr. and Deputy Chairman of the PNG Games Host Organising (HOC) Committee, Dacca Wagai.

Tkatchenko explained that after deliberations between the HOC and the PNG Games Council last night, a decision was reached to defer the PNG Games.