BY LORETTA B MANELE
Acting Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Francis Sade said people must change their mindset in order to have sustainable development and long-term benefits.
He made the remark when he delivered his speech at a handover ceremony of materials from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) from the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) to his people of Northwest Guadalcanal constituency at Mamara yesterday.
Building materials, tools and even small tractors were handed over to churches and schools of Northwest Guadalcanal with some recipients having already received their share of assistance.
Present at the ceremony were people of Northwest constituency and Minister of Rural Development, Daniel Waneoroa and Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development (MALD) Franklyn Derek Wasi.
Sade in earlier remarks told his people that they are rich in resources, land and sea with strong capable people.
However, if they are to change anything, change must come from within.
“We must move from waiting and this is change in mindset we always talk about. You cannot change your situation unless you change your mindset.
“We need to change our mindset in order for any development to be sustainable and give us long term benefits,” he said.
The Deputy PM, who is also the Minister for Public Service said they must change their mindsets so that they can move from waiting to action, from dependency to self-reliance, from selling raw to adding value.
He emphasised that development does not begin with money but with thinking and that what they received is not just assistance but tools for transformation that will help change their situation.
Moreover, Sade said they are moving forward with a clear and disciplined plan, one that will restructure the economy and reposition people.
He said the constituency is not working alone on this but with the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Agriculture and other technical ministries so that together they can build and move forward.
Sade said with the Ministry of Commerce they are planning to develop a master plan that will give them more leverage for more development from the government and donors.
“Together we are building a master plan, a coordinated framework in direction for our development, a system that connects the government, private sector and our communities because real development is not isolated but a coordinated effort,” he said.
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