2017 East Sepik Provincial Budget

Kaprangi said this after the presentation of the 2017 East Sepik provincial budget to Treasury Minister Patrick Pruaitch last week in Port Moresby.   

She said the expenditure to farewell Papua New Guinea’s first Prime Minister is captured in the province’s internal revenue.

Kaprangi said the province wants to give Sir Michael a hero’s farewell from politics and had also written to Prime Minister Peter O’Neill for funding support.

Sir Michael who is Papua New Guinea’s first Prime Minister and longest serving politician in the Commonwealth will pull the curtain down on his colourful political carrier in this March Parliament sitting.   

The East Sepik Provincial 2017 Budget is valued at K261 million.

Sir Michael said the budget was cut short by K7 million following national government not fully funding the Provincial Support Improvement Program (PSIP) component.