In Papua New Guinea a government supplied fund of K120 million for church state partnership programmes has been wasted through misapplication and abuse.
National Planning Minister Charles Abel will table a report on the Social Development Plan or Church State Partnership Program where K120 million has been spent with nothing to show on the ground.
He will present the Report when Parliament resumes next week Tuesday.
The abuse of public funded programs has been a major concern to the O’Neill-Dion government with Department of National Planning putting in place measures including reviewing of government programs.
Minister Abel did not give details of the disaster in the church state partnership program but will do so in his Report to Parliament.
“I have met with the Church partners under the Church Partnership Program last week after finalising the historical report on this program, and they will report back this week on propositions to re-engage with government after the disaster of the previous programme.”
“We will be providing through this programme funding to support health and education services through the churches in particular.”
Source
- The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea/Post Courier
- Image: HDRcreme.com
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