A church and government partnership will see the construction of a new health center to serve the people of Yangoru- Saussia district of East Sepik province in the near future. This was seen recently when the Yangoru- Saussia District Development Authority (DDA) made a commitment to partner with the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church to build a new health center at the cost of K1.5 million in Nagum. The Minister for International Trade and Investment & Yangoru-Saussia MP, Richard Maru made this commitment at the 22nd Grade 10 and 4th Grade 12 Graduation of Nagum Adventist Secondary School. “We will start building this major health centre next year and it will serve the people in Urimo Ring, Mongen Ring, and the Marinumbo Ring of Sause LLG. This service is very much needed in this underserved area. The new police station that we are building at Nagum will complement this new health centre and the school,” said Minister Maru. “We are also happy that the Nagum Adventist Secondary School has offered to host the Sause LLG TVET training centre and we will look at funding this project next year.” Minister Maru also encouraged Nagum Adventist Secondary School and all other schools in the district to seriously look at taking up poultry farming as a business to supplement their income. “We want all our schools in the district to be self-funding in a lot of ways apart from depending on the Tuition Fee-Free funds to generate much needed income for the schools,” said Minister Maru.