BY RODRICK DESURI
Auki
The Malaita Provincial Permanent Secretary, George Eric, has called on the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) and Auki Fisheries Centre to find a new generator for Afio Fishery Centre before they remove the current one to Auki Fisheries Centre.
PS Eric said the arrangement for the removal of the Afio Fisheries generator for temporary use in Auki Fisheries Centre will cause frustration to the people of Afio, because they are already engaged in small-scale fisheries activities.
He said the economy needs uplifting and engaging rural people in small-scale activities like those at Afio Fisheries Centre is a way forward.
“We need to engage our rural people in ways that can help to support our economy, and engaging rural people like those at the fisheries centre at Afio is a good idea.
“Not only in the fisheries sector, but in other sectors, like agriculture and entrepreneurship, we need to work together.
“The arrangement for the removal of the Afio Fisheries Centre generator to the Auki Fisheries Centre temporarily will not only disrupt their normal operations, but it will also cause frustration and distrust among the rural people of Afio,” he said.
He stressed that MFMR and the Auki Fisheries Centre should find a new generator for Afio Fisheries Centre before removing the generator there.
Eris emphasised that the only possible way he can think of is for MRMF and the Auki Fisheries Centre to find a new generator for Afio Fisheries Centre as they remove the one the centre is currently using.
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