By Loretta B Manele
Solomon Islands Infrastructure Priority Pipeline (SINIPP) is being reviewed.
Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele spoke about this at a press conference yesterday.
Speaking of the 11-month-old GNUT government, he expressed that one of government’s policy pillars of transformation is to expediate investments on infrastructure development.
Manele said the economic summit held last year recommended that the government addresses the infrastructure gap to enable economic activities and the delivery of services.
“Even the multilateral banks also identified the need to increase infrastructure investments to support our commitment to achieving sustainable development goals.”
In this regard, Manele said cabinet decided to review the Solomon Islands National Infrastructure Priority Pipeline a few weeks ago.
He stressed that the Ministry of National Planning and Development Coordination, led by the minister has started the review process beginning with provincial governments to identify key infrastructure development priorities in accordance with their needs.
Manele highlighted that the key objective underpinning this review and the realignment is his government’s vision and commitment to ensure a better balance and distribution of key infrastructure investments in all provinces across Solomon Islands.
“GNUT will then set the resources required for the revised SINIPP and work with partners to implement.”
Manele assures provincial governments and leaders that the government is committed to balancing infrastructure investments and development across all nine provinces.
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