Public Servants in Northern province will now have to seek permission from the Office of the Provincial Administrator before travel and this will be ongoing until further notice.
According to a released circular, effective on Sunday the 9th of October 2023, the Provincial Administrator, Trevor Magei issued a travel ban on all government officials until further notice.
Speaking to PNG HAUSBUNG, Mr. Magei stated that as the management and organization, they are trying to see how best they can manage themselves and their resources.
“There has been uneccessary travel in the past and now the circular is in basically it’s a measure put in place so that we control public servants travel.”
He stated that this decision is based on actions taken in the past, where money was wasted due to uneccessary spending.
“We have now identified that these officers have travelled.”
“These are unsanctioned travels and they go to Port Moresby or other parts of the country and they incur cost.”
“We have a lot of debts that we have been incurred so basically what we are trying to do is to control spending.”
“It is an internal measure that we are trying to put in place.”
With these restrictions in place all future travel out of the province must obtain approval from the office of the Provincial Administrator prior to arrangements and travel.