Caption: (from left
with cheques) Morobe students president Andrew Zuhukepe, Solmon Islands
students association Amos Ngaingeri, Governor Parkop, and Oro students
president Greg Soka.
By MATTHEW VARI
TWO provincial groups and students from the Solomon Islands
at the University of Papua New Guinea can now put funding issues out of the way
now to prepare for their annual provincial days and country day as NCDC
continues its new annual funding support towards student groups at the
university with K30,000 presented on Friday at city hall.
Provincial groups from Oro, Morobe, and international student
contingent from the Solomon Islands were on hand to receive the funds of
K10,000 to each group from NCD Governor Powes Parkop.
It follows the successful hosting of two other provincial
days from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and the successful New Ireland
Provincial Day held on Wednesday at the Murray Barracks- all funding through
the initiative.
Governor Parkop said that all provincial group associations
would receive similar funding to showcase their provincial culture as a new
resolve made the city’s authority in 2014.
“This year we have made a decision to promote cultural
celebrations in the city by UPNG students,” Governor Parkop said.
“The students have been doing themselves for a long time now
in terms of raising funds to support their provincial showcase days.”
“We have supported gradually but now we are fully supporting
their initiative with a total of K210,000 budgeted in this years budget.”
He said groups that were organized in hosting their
provincial days would receive the funds and those who had made no moves to do
so would be overlooked.
The governor said that the provincial days were now fast
becoming a high point in the city’s recreational calendar and saw the
assistance as a partnership between the commission and the students- for them
to take ownership of the city.
He said that they hoped in the future a much wider
collaboration could happen with groups from around the entire city, and
reiterated the success of the recent New Ireland provincial group of the impact
the funding is having the provincial days.
Presidents from the recipient group were all thankful to the
governor and the commission for their assistance on behalf of both their
members and their provincial communities at large.
Morobe’s provincial days will fall on August 9 at the Gerehu
Secondary School; Oro will host their day on August 16 at the Coronation
Primary School grounds; and the Solomon Islands student will add an
international flavor to the celebrations with their day planned for August 3 at
the Port Moresby Nature Park.
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