Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has reminded heads of Government departments and agencies to submit their annual reports by March 31, 2023, to show what they have achieved in 2022.
He said today (December 1, 2022) that this would ensure timely and regular checks and balances on Government departments and agencies.
“All heads of Government departments and agencies are required to report back to us, by March 31, 2023, on what they have done for the country,” PM Marape said.
“We will not tolerate any late reports and warn, in no uncertain terms, that failure to comply with this deadline will result in termination.
“All reports, covering what they have done in 2022, should be handed in to the Chief Secretary’s Office.
“We want to operate our country in a smarter, business-like, modus-operandi.
“As the heads of departments and agencies give in their reports, we will get the Auditor-General to hire independent audit firms outside of Government, to check on the reports.
“This is for the benefit of our tax-payers and the ordinary people of Papua New Guinea.”
PM Marape said his Government was not a new one, but a continuing one, and all heads of departments and agencies should know what was required of them.
“We want to do better for our country,” he said.
“We are in the process of taking back our country and putting it back on the right road.
“The people have given us their mandate and we want to do the right thing for them.”
