Chairman enraged by new ILG

Post Courier 

Buta Luguni Landowners Association chairman, James Hame, yesterday was so angry when reading about the incorporated landowner group (ILG) formed by landowners for benefits from the proposed multi-million kina Hewai hydro-electricity project in Tari, Hela Province, in the Post-Courier.
 

Mr Hame said those landowners who had formed the ILG did not consult him or any member of his tribe.
 

“I want to advise whoever is forming the new or interim ILG for Hewai Hydro Electrification project that there is Luguni Landowners Association in place, consisting of ILGs in the area under myself as the chairman,” Mr Hame said.
He said the landowners from the two tribes Yape and Hanadape that live along the vicinity of Hewai falls and the Tangali River in the Hayapuga LLG area of Tari District did not consult him as he was the chairman of the interim Buta Luguni Landowners association who have an existing ILG.
 

“Any ILGs formed outside of the Buta Luguni Landowners Association is illegal. As chairman of the Buta Luguni Association, I want to advise those illegal interim executives to consult me so we can change the ILG chairman,” Mr Hame said.
The multi-million kina Hewai hydro electricity project was initiated by Hela Governor, Anderson Agiru, and is expected to produce more megawatts of electricity than the current existing hydro plants at Yonki, Kaguel and Sogeri in Port Moresby.