Department of Implementation & Rural Development (DIRD)

The reports were presented by Angoram MP, Salio Waipo and his District Administrator August Tupa to DIRD Secretary Aihi Vaki.

Angoram MP, Salio Waipo said a large sum of the District DSIP funds were spent on administrative cost because of the high cost of fuel, given the remote location of the district.

 “In a district where I come from in Angoram district, which is more remote and the funds that we receive from DSIP cannot build a classroom similar as what you build in Yangoru, Maprik or Wewak.

Local MP Mehrra Minne Kipefa, while presenting the 2016 District Support Grants of K500,000 compliance reports on Wednesday, said the district had opted to take a new approach by way of furnishing their reports in an electronic format for distribution and swift appraisal.  

Kipefa, who is also the Minister for Labour and Industrial Relations, said standards for electronic recording, processing and distribution of financial and other business reports (digital reporting) is the way forward for easy accessibility of acquittal information for decision-making.