Ward Development Committees (WDCs)

Ward members, Ward Development Committees (WDCs) and the communities of Livuan-Reimber Local Level Government along the NCR Rd in Gazelle district have agreed to stand together and come up with solutions on minimising the rate of law-and-order issues.

In a combine law and order meeting held yesterday at the Rabaul District headquarters in Kurakakaul, 16 wards of Reimber and the nearby wards of Balanataman LLG in Rabaul district attended and raised their views and especially concerns on the recent string of PMV holdups.

East New Britain provincial coordinator of national functions, Sonya Gaimas, said this at yesterday’s swearing in of eight committees from the newly-created Mamusi-Yana Rural LLG of Pomio District.

Gaimas said the establishment of the WDCs is a requirement under the Organic Law on Provincial and Local Level Governments, and the swearing in program is to further empower ward governance.

Coordinator of natural resources management and development provincial unit, Florence Paisparea, urged the ward committees to be cautious about economic developments in their community.