The upcoming Papua LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) project, apart from the general economic benefits that it will be generating, the project will create opportunities for people through spinoff business activities.
That is exactly what the Central Province Governor, Rufina Peter, wants to create for her people in anticipation of the commencement of the construction phase of Papua New Guinea’s next large scale LNG project.
She revealed that the provincial government will assist locals to get into agrobusinesses to support the Papua LNG project. She said agrobusiness is one potential spinoff businesses that the people of Central province can tap into.
“I would not want the people of Central province to miss the opportunities presented, things like food to meet the demand of the workers of the project on its various phases it progresses.”
“We have already started talking to Laba International and look at how we can try and do a largescale commercial agriculture to feed the Papua LNG during its peak of construction.”
She said that these are things that the provincial government is looking into in preparation to meet the demands that will be required by the project.
“We are also looking at many other areas like in infrastructure, in training that we probably missed in the areas that we require to empower our people to build capacity to develop our province.”
She added that they have already started working on some of these areas together with their stakeholders to make it happen for the provincial government.