Gary Juffa

Northern Governor Gary Juffa who had been at the forefront of pushing the government for the shares of the dividend, was a happy man yesterday when he officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony in Popondetta.

Governor Juffa was persistent in securing K40 million through the shares from the Oil Palm dividend, part of which would be used for the project.

It is mandated in the Public Sector to provide Parliamentary oversight into good governance, discipline, ill governance and enforce oversight of basic good management.

As a Parliamentary Committee, part of its mandate is to hold the Executive Arm of Government accountable to Parliament for its management of the Public Sector.

Juffa said said having a parliamentary committee to review the elections is an opportunity to improve the next election and ensure it is delivered as effectively and efficiently as possible.

The Department of Health (DOH) has renewed a contract for provision of aid post kits to the company that was exposed by the Public Accounts Committee for serious flaws in quality of drugs and other anomalies.  

This is yet to be rectified by the department, since the inquiry and tabling of the report on September 9^th 2020, by the then Chairman, John Pundari, who is now the Finance Minister.

Oro Governor Gary Juffa has thanked the Government of Australia and TSSP for making the funds available to open up the two highways for his people to have road access.

“These two highways reach out to Ijivitari and Sohe districts where majority of the people live and they were both in a very bad state recently and for TSSP to recognize our roads with the funding is highly commendable,” Governor Juffa said.

A total of K3.5 million has been allocated by TSSP on these national roads split among 10 local contractors, five on each of the Kokoda and Afore (Northern) sections.

On Monday April 26^th, Lin will have an exclusive informal Parliamentary Committee hearing in Port Moresby with the Special Parliamentary Committee on Public Sector Reform & Service Delivery (SPCPSR&SD).

She was invited by committee chairman, Gary Juffa.

The committee would like to hear her side of the story.

It has been alleged that in 2013, Lin put up a deposit on a few NHC properties in Lae, but cannot trace nor recover her deposits.

Governor Gary Juffa made this announcement at a Provincial Executive Council (PEC) meeting recently in Port Moresby.

Governor Gary Juffa and his executive government through the Oro Joint Provincial Planning and Budget Priority Committee (JPP & BPC) has allocated a total of K2, 620,000 (K2.62 million) for all LLGs and Wards to support their development aspirations.

All 162 Wards and the 9 LLGs will get direct funding under the PSIP unlike before.

He made this call after a young man lost his life while another is in critical condition after they were shot at Foru in the Musa Local Level Government.

According to reports, both men were shot on the 9^th of July during a confrontation between a group of men from Kariso village and the Popondetta Police.

The confrontation was in relation to illegal logging in the province.

CPL Group also runs the Stop n Shop chain of supermarkets in Port Moresby and one of the biggest buyers of local fresh produce for their shelves.

Upon a formal discussion and invitation by Oro Governor Gary Juffa on the possibility of Oro supplying its fresh produce, CPL Group General Manager Ajay Patel met with Oro farmers with the display of some local produce.

Mr Patel said he was impressed with the display of produce and made a commitment to buy from the locals. He said CPL Group would buy on a weekly basis provided quality and consistency were maintained.

Governor Gary Juffa was flanked by Vice Minister for Agriculture and Livestock and Member for Sohe, Henry Amuli, Ijivitari MP Richard Masere, Provincial Administrator Trevor Magei and staff from the Provincial and District administration as the Oro Provincial Budget was handed over to the Treasurer for vetting and approval.

A pleasantly surprised Treasurer expressed his delight at the show of unity amongst Oro’s Provincial and Administrative leaders in presenting the money plan for the people of Oro.