He issued the direction under the Commissioner’s function as the Controller under the National Pandemic Act that is still in force as the PNG economy continues the long recovery from this period.
“The economic damages caused by the global pandemic still lingers and, in my capacity, I will not let this disagreement between BPNG and Puma set back our recovery,” he said.
Manning said these are big organisations who should have systems in place to prevent their disputes from escalating to the point of costing livelihoods and lives.
