Governor Sir Julius Chan made this announcement following the province’s one-day LLG elections polling.
“This will allow for gender balance at the LLG level,” he said, which is also in line with the matrilineal culture.
Furthermore, the New Ireland Government is determined to give the LLGs more autonomy and has moved to increase approved project funding for presidents to K200,000 while ward members will continue to receive ward level funding of K30,000.
