By Loretta B Manele
“We should support the Mamara development initiative because it is not only for my constituency but for the nation as well.”
Francis Sade, minister for the Ministry of Public Service made the call in parliament on the second day of the Sine Die Motion, Thursday, December 19, 2024.
He said what is essential for this initiative is that they must also involve people, landowners particularly as partners in the development at Mamara.
Sade explained that this is because by not doing so they will still have issues such as landowners continuing to claim their rights when development progresses.
He mentioned that as a member of the council in the last 5 years, he remembers that a number of development initiatives that were to be rolled out were challenged by the slowness in government to establish or put in place policies to support these developments.
Sade stressed that an ongoing challenge in his constituency is youth unemployment.
“A lot of people travelling for the weekend at the beaches at times, experienced disturbances from my youths”
Henceforth, he said this is why he wants the Mamara development project to progress so they can engage their young people in productive sectors.
Sade added that in doing so, they can help reduce unemployment and support youths not only in their development but also in the nation’s development.
He said he is happy to hear from the minister of commerce that a policy for investment and the Special Economic Zone bill will be brought to parliament this year.
The member of parliament for Northwest Guadalcanal constituency expressed that these are special frameworks for development not only for Guadalcanal but for other provinces too.
