The Pacific Advances University (PAU) School of Business Club President, Miss Sophia Warep, has said that the future of Papua New Guinea’s development rests on investing in people, not just infrastructure.
The 23-year-old final year bachelor’s in accounting and entrepreneurship student, stressed this when interviewed by PNG HAUSBUNG at the IEA College of TAFE Pre-Independence Celebration, on Friday 5th September 2025, at Ela Beach in Port Moresby city.
The young and dedicated Miss Warep holds the historic position as the first female president of Pacific Adventist University’s School of Business in 40 years, while bearing three other roles such as the National Youth President in Reformation Ministries and Churches Network (RMCN), COGC Youth Vice-President and a Public Officer for the Zion Association.
Speaking as a youth-oriented representative and leader, Miss Warep highlighted the importance of human resource development during her interview as a priority to nation building in the next 50 years of PNG’s Development.
“From my own personal opinion, we should focus on human resource,” she said.
“We can focus on infrastructure, we can focus on development, economic improvement, unemployment… but if we focus solely on human resource building—because humans build countries—I feel that human resource building is one thing that we can focus on in the next 50 years.”
She expressed concern over rising unemployment and the visible struggles of young people in the country.
“You see so many young people that are jobless, so many of them just going around the streets. That shows our lack of attention on human development,” she said.
Her comments connect strongly with her leadership role, balancing academics, youth work, and community responsibilities.
“If we don’t develop humans, we cannot develop the country,” she emphasized.
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