BY: Loop Technology 09:47, July 16, 2021 386 reads
PNG’s digital transformation will be accelerated with the Government’s partnership with US technology giant – Amazon Web Services.
Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey met with AWS’ Australian-based executive team in Port Moresby on Monday.
The meeting was facilitated by PNG technology firm, NiuPay Limited, who are partnered with Amazon Web Services, and are working closely with a range of PNG Government departments as well as State Owned Enterprises.
The partnership with AWS supports their ongoing e-government projects and will be instrumental in driving innovation and enabling new digital services for the citizens of Papua New Guinea.
Nematullah Bizhan
Papua New Guinea flag. Picture: SUPPLIED
NEMATULLAH BIZHAN and EMMANUEL GOREA
In 2018, then Shadow Minister for Treasury and Finance and current Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey stated that Papua New Guinea was a fragile state because of the government’s failing economic policies.
However, then Prime Minister Peter O’Neill refuted the idea, saying that PNG was not fragile.
Is PNG a fragile state? This is the question we try to answer in our new Devpolicy Discussion Paper available at devpolicy.org.
State fragility can be assessed across three distinct, but interdependent dimensions: state legitimacy, capacity and authority, as well as economy and resilience.
PNG Politics : Opposition MPs join Government, budget passed
The Government used its numerical strength to pass the 2021 Budget this morning, after a dramatic twist of events on the floor of Parliament.
This included the movement of Bulolo MP Sam Basil and others to the government and members of the Opposition walking out of Parliament in protest after Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey re-tabled the K19.6 Billion deficit Budget.
Opposition Leader Belden Namah interrupted the Treasurer through a point of order, arguing that the 2021 National Budget has been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, therefore cannot be reintroduced.
However, Speaker Job Pomat allowed Treasurer Ling-Stuckey to proceed with re-tabling the Budget, which the house passed on voices.