THE National Capital District Commission (NCDC) presented its 2025 Record Budget of more than K800 million to the Department of Provincial and Local Level Government Affairs (DPLGA) yesterday.
While presenting the 2025 budget to DPLGA Secretary Philip Leo, NCD Governor Hon. Powes Parkop said it (budget) reflects NCDC’s strategic priorities.
“The Commission has sought to allocate balanced funding for the integral development of two key areas which are infrastructures and social development projects and programs.
“Key investments in 2025 include urban road rehabilitation, drainage system, health services and community-driven initiatives aimed at economic empowerment and improved standards of living,” he said.
Parkop, however said National Capital District Commission still needs a budget of K1 billion to manage and lift Port Moresby city.
Parkop said NCDC budget is about K800 million plus – which was not enough to manage a city with 30 per cent of the country’s populations.
“We need a budget of over K1.0 Billion to run and manage
the size of Port Moresby, we are the biggest concentration of population in any parts of the country where influx of people migrating from other centers, we deserve a budget going into almost K1 billion,” he said.
Governor Parkop added that the budget was guided by goals and is aligned with few national policies such as the Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP) IV, Papua New Guinea Development Strategic Plan 2010-2030 and Vision 2050.
Summarizing the budget, Governor Parkop highlighted the budget’s goals main allocations are as follows;
●K304 million is allocated for infrastructure Rehabilitation and building of roads, markets and classrooms
●K67 Million allocated for health – K17 Million is allocated by NCDC while K50 Million is allocated by the Government.
●From the K17 Million allocation
-Upgrade Gerehu Hospital to level 4
-Upgrade of 9 Mile Clinic
-Build a District Hospital at Moresby South
-Build a new Tuberculosis Facility
●K50 million allocated by the Government to upgrade Tete Hospital to level 5
●K57 Million is allocated for clean-up, landscaping and beautification
●K5.0 million for Safety and Security costs include closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras
●K17.0 million City Warden Program
●K3.0 million for Police Security Operations (Support Vehicle)
●K1.0 million Reserve/Community Policing
●K25 Million is allocated to Motu Koita Assembly
●K18 Million is allocated for NCDC Waste Collection
●K7.0 million for Settlement to Suburb upgrading program in the city
●K6.0 million allocation for the preparation of the country’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations.
Governor Parkop said NCDC is building more roads within the city that links up with main roads to avoid traffic congestion during peak hours.
He said that NCDC does not have powers over land matters, so it only builds new roads to free up land while increasing its monetary value.
Secretary Leo, who received the NCDC 2025 Budget on behalf of the Minister for Provincial and Local-level Government Affairs thanked the Governor for presenting their budget which frames at improving social services and infrastructure developments and assured that officers would run through the budget document.
