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| Acting ESP Provincial Administrator Elizabeth Kaprangi. |
By MATTHEW VARI
ACTING Provincial Administrator, Elizabeth Kaprangi, has indicated that the 2017 provincial budget for the East Sepik Province will draw from its internal revenue to cater for the farewell celebrations for Grand Chief Sir Michael.
She said on the end of his final term as governor and in politics spanning over 40 years- 2017 is marked as a special year for the province.
“This year is a special year, and in it we have capture in our little internal revenue that we earned a part of it will go towards his expenditure,” Kaprangi said.
“We want to give him a hero’s farewell- and if the national government comes good with us in our requests that we have already been presented to the prime minister request for the exit of our governor.”
She paid tribute to the veteran politician and founding father of the nation with a quote from Sir Michael during the years before independence.
“I want to quote from him what he said years ago when he was fighting for independence- he said while passing our colonial leaders at that time.”
“He begged for them to please give us independence- he said I have many wombs and out of these wombs will come pilots doctors, nurses, police,” she quoted.
“So with that it was his dream and he has been closely seeing what has been developing and his dream has come true by seeing a lot of us professionals now in the fields he had actually dreamt of and I am proud to say that he is one such leader.”
She said though Sir Michael did not demand much, he has quietly in his own timing seen what has happened to the nation.
Sentiments that were also shared by Treasury Minister and Member for Aitape-Lumi in the governor’s last big achievement in the Freida River project earmarked to begin soon.
“One thing I want to add is that Sir Michael under your leadership since the early days as you all have heard that the Frieda River Gold Mine has commenced as you got elected and you’ve been the champion behind the push to develop that particular resource.”
“On behalf of myself and National Alliance party, on behalf of government- we take this opportunity to thank you for your leadership in the past.”
“We know that this will bear your last responsibility as governor for East Sepik. Your wealth of experience those of us who will be coming behind you will be calling upon from time to time to assist us in doing what we are doing today,” the minister said.
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