No More Political Interference in the Operations of National Housing Commission : Marape
PNG Prime Minister James Marape today assures staff and management of the National Housing Commission that there will be minimal political intervention in the running of NHC.
“National Housing Corporation has been one area where so much discussion has taken place around issues of corruption and lack of performance but I think we have to be fair also on people who work here, they work under so much duress overtime; constant change of heads, constant acting appointments are continuously derailing performance here but I assure you now that there will be minimal political,” said Mr Marape.
“You complain about political interference, myself and Minister Justin Tkatchenkco will detach from you, we will give the policy directions, we will agree that this is what you want to do, and based on your performance, your reengagements will be required of you. National Housing Corporation and Housing Estate Limited will be a litmus test organization that we will use in the public-private partnership program we want to deploy in which an organization can be an answer to the real need out there for our people.”
Prime Minister Marape visited the NHC headquarters as part of his rounds of government ministries and departmental inspections on government workers deployed by the government beginning at the key central offices.
“What has happened in the past has happened, we will take stock of what has happened in the past and if there are any corruption issues or management issues, those who have caused these issues will face the consequences as we go forward into the future.”
“My government, our government will not hide issues of corruption, areas where there is fertile ground for corruption, we will make sure that we put in the right intervention to eliminate corruption.”
On that note, Prime Minister Marape has also called on whoever that wants to be the Managing Director of NHC to submit clearly what their plan and vision is in terms of how they would like to take the organization going forward in the next 10 years.
“If you have a consistent vision and mindset, this is what I’m trying to harness from you, to get your concernsnot only of NHC but other departments and agencies and together we will amalgamate and combine into a blueprint for how PNG must go as we face 2020 and onwards.”
The Prime Minister said the government wants to ensure this organization is fully functional therefore he personally visited to motivate and also to set the ground rules so it can perform at top speed.
“Number one and foremost is to serve the need of Papua New Guineans who are really at the lowest form of employment, they don’t have a proper house right now and we must find a house for them,” said Mr Marape.
“10 years from now every Papua New Guineans who are employed must have house over their head, and also we will be partnering with districts and provinces to ensure we have housing programs for our rural citizens.”
“And so this department is urged to step up, think outside of the boxes, think outside of the comfort of the offices that they’ve been in in the last 15 to 20 years and we will use this organization to revitalize the housing problems of this country.”
Prime Minister Marape also said he wanted the NHC to become the richest real estate company in the country.
“They have substantial asset base that has eroded in the last 10 to 15 years; we asked them to do an asset inventory, deploy programs that can be of less burden to the national budget, but using the assets that they have to empower and grow NHC to find answers for the housing needs for our citizens.”
The Prime Minister said for the first instance, he is asking the NHC now to take stock of its assets and come up with policies for the low and middle income earners for their housing needs.
Housing and Urbanization Minister Justin Tkatchencko welcomed and thanked Prime Minister Marape for his visit stating the visit was not only historical for the department to have the first Prime Minister to ever visit the department headquarters, but also for giving his advice, ideas and dream for a better National Housing Corporation to the senior management and staff for them to take it in, learn, assess, calculate and to ensure that NHC delivers.
“NHC is one of those ministries that have a lot of issues that need to be resolved, the perception of corruption that has been put over this ministry, but under our Prime Minister’s guidance and direction, I’ll be working closely with him to ensure that the perception and this ministry is completely changed for the benefit of our people, and one important thing is low cost housing and putting shelter and roof over the heads of our people who deserve it the most,” said Mr Tkatchencko.
Picture: Prime Minister James Marape discusses with Housing Minister Justin Tkatchenko and senior staff members of the National Housing Corporation during his visit today. FM100/PNG Today
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“National Housing Corporation has been one area where so much discussion has taken place around issues of corruption and lack of performance but I think we have to be fair also on people who work here, they work under so much duress overtime; constant change of heads, constant acting appointments are continuously derailing performance here but I assure you now that there will be minimal political,” said Mr Marape.
“You complain about political interference, myself and Minister Justin Tkatchenkco will detach from you, we will give the policy directions, we will agree that this is what you want to do, and based on your performance, your reengagements will be required of you. National Housing Corporation and Housing Estate Limited will be a litmus test organization that we will use in the public-private partnership program we want to deploy in which an organization can be an answer to the real need out there for our people.”
Prime Minister Marape visited the NHC headquarters as part of his rounds of government ministries and departmental inspections on government workers deployed by the government beginning at the key central offices.
“What has happened in the past has happened, we will take stock of what has happened in the past and if there are any corruption issues or management issues, those who have caused these issues will face the consequences as we go forward into the future.”
“My government, our government will not hide issues of corruption, areas where there is fertile ground for corruption, we will make sure that we put in the right intervention to eliminate corruption.”
On that note, Prime Minister Marape has also called on whoever that wants to be the Managing Director of NHC to submit clearly what their plan and vision is in terms of how they would like to take the organization going forward in the next 10 years.
“If you have a consistent vision and mindset, this is what I’m trying to harness from you, to get your concernsnot only of NHC but other departments and agencies and together we will amalgamate and combine into a blueprint for how PNG must go as we face 2020 and onwards.”
The Prime Minister said the government wants to ensure this organization is fully functional therefore he personally visited to motivate and also to set the ground rules so it can perform at top speed.
“Number one and foremost is to serve the need of Papua New Guineans who are really at the lowest form of employment, they don’t have a proper house right now and we must find a house for them,” said Mr Marape.
“10 years from now every Papua New Guineans who are employed must have house over their head, and also we will be partnering with districts and provinces to ensure we have housing programs for our rural citizens.”
“And so this department is urged to step up, think outside of the boxes, think outside of the comfort of the offices that they’ve been in in the last 15 to 20 years and we will use this organization to revitalize the housing problems of this country.”
Prime Minister Marape also said he wanted the NHC to become the richest real estate company in the country.
“They have substantial asset base that has eroded in the last 10 to 15 years; we asked them to do an asset inventory, deploy programs that can be of less burden to the national budget, but using the assets that they have to empower and grow NHC to find answers for the housing needs for our citizens.”
The Prime Minister said for the first instance, he is asking the NHC now to take stock of its assets and come up with policies for the low and middle income earners for their housing needs.
Housing and Urbanization Minister Justin Tkatchencko welcomed and thanked Prime Minister Marape for his visit stating the visit was not only historical for the department to have the first Prime Minister to ever visit the department headquarters, but also for giving his advice, ideas and dream for a better National Housing Corporation to the senior management and staff for them to take it in, learn, assess, calculate and to ensure that NHC delivers.
“NHC is one of those ministries that have a lot of issues that need to be resolved, the perception of corruption that has been put over this ministry, but under our Prime Minister’s guidance and direction, I’ll be working closely with him to ensure that the perception and this ministry is completely changed for the benefit of our people, and one important thing is low cost housing and putting shelter and roof over the heads of our people who deserve it the most,” said Mr Tkatchencko.
Picture: Prime Minister James Marape discusses with Housing Minister Justin Tkatchenko and senior staff members of the National Housing Corporation during his visit today. FM100/PNG Today
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