PUBLIC Enterprise Minister Ben Micah maintains that the proposed sale of 50 per cent of PNG Power Ltd was a decision by Cabinet and not his.
Mr Micah said that the Government was moving to reorganise and improve reliability and expand services to more than five million people who still do not have access to electricity. "It was a Cabinet decision, not a Micah decision," Mr Micah said. "NEC has reviewed reports of all of these State owned assets, together with IPBC and together with Treasury and our department are working closely on the process," he added. He said the structure of the sale will be announced when it is finalised. But the message still has not gone down well with the disgruntled PPL workers who are still demanding to be paid about K30 million in outstanding entitlement claims by Friday. The claims include the outstanding entitlements from the predecessor PNG Elcom, structure adjustment program and their 17.7 per cent increment. Energy Workers Association general secretary Santee Margis held a meeting with the workers and they have threatened to walk off their jobs, leaving Port Moresby in darkness. They wanted CEO John Tangit and Mr Micah to address their quiries. But Mr Tangit said that the staff should pay attention to advisories, speculative external claims. PNG Facts/ Post Courier Comments are closed.
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