[Published on Wednesday, August 20, 2025]
By RODRICK DESURI
AUKI
Premier of Malaita Province, Elijah Asilaua says in order for Solomon Islands to develop, issues in Malaita Province need to be addressed and solved first.
He voiced this when the Honiara Council of Women team visited his office last week.
Asilaua said without prioritising Malaita, Solomon Islands cannot develop in terms of overall progress in the country.
“With negligence and without prioritizing Malaita Province, nothing will happen in the Solomon Islands.
“We should first settle the issues in Malaita Province, and automatically there will be developments in the Solomon Islands,” he said.
He also encourages the people of Malaita Province living in Honiara and elsewhere to return home to support and help their home province.
“I encourage my good people of Malaita to give back and come home to support our home province. Now is the time, as those in other provinces who appreciate the current provincial government for what we are doing,” he said.
In the meantime, Asilaua said the top priorities of his Malaita Economic Cooperation and Transformative Government are economic empowerment and transformation and not state government.
He stated that with the challenges and agendas faced by Malaita Province, they will focus on economic empowerment and infrastructure, such as roads, agriculture, fisheries, and tourism.
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