Minister Pila Niningi

Acting Secretary Joe Warus confirmed that the published notice is not from the Department.

Mr Warus made this statement following a confrontation at Kitpeng Building by incumbent JSPA Chairman Peter Andama and JSPA members, after seeing the gazette notice in the press.

The Acting Secretary says the Department had submitted a brief to Minister Pila Niningi to rescind a decision and recognize the leadership of the incumbent board members following a National Court Order.

The academic staff admitted that they want to see change in UPNG, and thanked the Minister for his intervention.

While the staff welcomed Minister Pila Niningi’s efforts in establishing good governance within the university, they did not applaud his intention to retain the interim chancellor, Jeffrey Kennedy, who is a lawyer by profession.