National Planning Minister Richard Maru

He said the DTIP will ensure each major town in a district will receive necessary funding support to have all services as major urban areas.

Minister Maru said under the DTIP, district towns will have all core services available.

The Minster said the Planning and Monitoring Department will be travelling to the district to do a stock take of all major towns.

National Planning Minister Richard Maru, whose department was instrumental in assisting with the formation of the District plan, challenged Rigo to make use of the abundance of land.

The Rigo District Development Plan was launched recently at the Laguna Hotel in Port Moresby.

The event was attended by senior government ministers, including Prime Minister Peter O’Neill.

An elated member for Rigo, Lekwa Gure, thanked the efforts of all partners that were involved in the development of the five year plan.