BY SAMIE WAIKORI

AUKI

Premier of Malaita province, Elijah Asilaua calls on Malaitans to prove themselves to national government and donor partners that they are ready for developments they have been craving for.

The premier made the call this week appealing to Malaitans both in the province and abroad to unite and contribute whatever they can to develop the province.

“We have been crying for development in Malaita province for 40 or so years and no tangible development yet seen in the province.

“For these years, we had talked about major developments in the province as all know, but maybe they will come at their right time.

“Now, some of them are about to happen. The Bina Harbor Tuna Processing Plant project, Kilu’ufi hospital project, Auki road tar-seal project and the Auki/Bina tar-seal project.

“Work on some of these projects like the Japanese funded Kilu’ufi hospital project has started and the PRC funded Auki road tar-seal to start next month.

“Bina Harbor project is also progressing and I hope paper work on the Australian funded Auki/Bina road tar-seal is also progressing,” he said.

Asilaua emphasized that these are game changing projects for the province that will create job opportunities and boost the economy.

He added not only that but they will also address some of the issues faced by Malaitans in the country.

“These are the developments we are crying for. And we must ask ourselves; Are we ready for them? How are we going to work together to achieve these projects?

“To achieve them, we need to work together as one-Malaitan. If we have negative mindsets on these developments, we must change them to become positive.

“Our turn is here and we must prove to the country, the national government and development partners that we are ready for development,” he uttered.