By Michael Koma
THE National Government has warned landowners that are calling for outstanding payments for projects especially in the Highlands region to stop putting pressure for payouts.
And these landowners have been advised to go to the Department of Petroleum and Energy to verify their claims as they are the rightful agency that have the records and statistics.
The call comes after a Wita Group and its affiliated clans of Hides PDL 1 project yesterday threatened to stop the PNG LNG clan vetting in Hides PDL 1 for a claim amounting to K28.9 million that they claim is outstanding. They want the outstanding paid to them now. This same clan group previously undertook a series of work stoppages on various spine line access roads to drilling sites and well head sites which lasted for seven weeks but were removed after discussions with officials of the Department of Petroleum and Energy, Department of Finance, Department of National Planning and Monitoring and the Department of Commerce and Trade.
The national Government advised this week that the group should check with Department of Petroleum and Energy as they would have the correct database.
The DPE office when contacted refused to comment.
The Wita clan and its various clans, together with its tribally affiliated clans have drawn up a business plan which would enable the clans to draw down on the K29.8 million business development grant (BDG) in keeping with the agreements and the undertakings given by the national Government delegation on November 24, 2012.
“The Wita groups understanding on the progress made by the National Government to honour our demands are limited to the following.
A letter from the Secretary of the Department of Petroleum and Energy to Wita clan on the October 2, 2012 read in part: We believe that a National Executive Council (NEC) submission has been forwarded for approval by the NEC specifically to accommodate the list of demands put forward by the Wita groups of clans.
THE National Government has warned landowners that are calling for outstanding payments for projects especially in the Highlands region to stop putting pressure for payouts.
And these landowners have been advised to go to the Department of Petroleum and Energy to verify their claims as they are the rightful agency that have the records and statistics.
The call comes after a Wita Group and its affiliated clans of Hides PDL 1 project yesterday threatened to stop the PNG LNG clan vetting in Hides PDL 1 for a claim amounting to K28.9 million that they claim is outstanding. They want the outstanding paid to them now. This same clan group previously undertook a series of work stoppages on various spine line access roads to drilling sites and well head sites which lasted for seven weeks but were removed after discussions with officials of the Department of Petroleum and Energy, Department of Finance, Department of National Planning and Monitoring and the Department of Commerce and Trade.
The national Government advised this week that the group should check with Department of Petroleum and Energy as they would have the correct database.
The DPE office when contacted refused to comment.
The Wita clan and its various clans, together with its tribally affiliated clans have drawn up a business plan which would enable the clans to draw down on the K29.8 million business development grant (BDG) in keeping with the agreements and the undertakings given by the national Government delegation on November 24, 2012.
“The Wita groups understanding on the progress made by the National Government to honour our demands are limited to the following.
A letter from the Secretary of the Department of Petroleum and Energy to Wita clan on the October 2, 2012 read in part: We believe that a National Executive Council (NEC) submission has been forwarded for approval by the NEC specifically to accommodate the list of demands put forward by the Wita groups of clans.
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