Awesa said this to LOOP PNG after the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper published an article about a contract awarded to Hornibrooks NGI Ltd worth more than K15 million ($7.8million) to build houses associated with the program.
Awesa is a co-director and shareholder of Hornibrooks.
He says Hornibrooks was given the contract through the Australian government’s procurement process and the PNG government had no control over that.
“My name has been tarnished after the article by the Sydney Morning Herald for something I had no part in,” he added.
