ICT Minister

Minister Masiu has acted quickly to urge his ministerial colleagues to think outside the box and do more with less by tripling efforts to seek out trade and investment opportunities that secures transformational benefits for the country.

The Minister said he was invited by Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Ministry to support the work of the government and the PNG pavilion at the World Expo 2020 Dubai UAE.

Before taking a nine-person team from the Ministry and Department overseas, Minister Masiu said he shared the typical PNG hunting analogy in Tok Pisin with his team members.

“I have a ministerial responsibility to determine whether members of boards and management of internet, cloud and gateway service providers should have a right of controlled access to information and places relevant to my functions and responsibilities, only after I receive a security assessment from the Director-General of the NIO, and if the assessment is not adverse.

“On the other hand, it is mandatory for a NICTA licensee to co-operate with the NIO Director-General during the security assessment,” said Minister for ICT, Timothy Masiu.