Yangoru barracks houses nearing completion

Yangoru-Saussia MP and Minister for International Trade and Investment Richard Maru visited the incomplete Yangoru Mobile barracks.

The visit on Friday December 8 was part of the tour of the Sepik Plains Special Economic Zones with the Japan Development Institute (JDI) team.

Minister Maru said the building of houses at the mobile barracks is nearing completion and contractors who will work on the drainage systems and sealing of the road are expected to start work in the coming weeks. He said the barracks is expected to complete next year. 

Maru reiterated that the purpose of building the barracks is to secure all the investments and investors in the proposed Sepik Plains SEZ in the Province.

“While preparing for these big projects ahead, we first have to secure the place with law and order and that is why we are building the mobile barracks. There will be 45 men and women living here and they will not be ordinary police but a special unit; their job will be to secure all the investors and the investments,” Maru said.

He said East Sepik Province is one of the provinces identified by the government as a potential SEZ location. 

Yangoru-Saussia District has the advantage to benefit from. It is located in the heart of the province and has two stretches of state land available in the Sepik Plains- Urimo (15, 000 hectares) and Huaripmo (9, 000 hectares). 

The minister said they are looking at oil palm, cattle and cocoa projects, including the two new crops that they want to introduce which are kava and coconut.

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