Members

The nine board members were called up by the principal legal officer of the National Department of Health, Margret Asinimbu, to take their oaths.

Local business sector representative, David Wissink, will be chairing the board for the second time while the board’s deputy chair is newcomer and PNG’s chief radiologist, Dr Dora Lenturut-Katal, who is representing the Department of Health.

Members from both the public and private sector are elated with the result and said it was the best news in a while.

Martin Kenehe, the PNG Teachers Association longest representative on the NSL Membership Committee tells Loop PNG that this is the best news for 58, 000 teacher members around the country.

He said teachers for too long have worked in terrible conditions and have had to put up with many issues of salaries and entitlements and the news will alleviate some of those issues.