PLANS are underway for a newly formed students association to conduct awareness in communities about the purpose of population control, association president Joram Kilwa Kapma says. Kapma said Population Studies Student’s Association from the University of Papua New Guinea, was established this year by final year students to educate people about the importance of population control. “Our association has just been established and we do not have financial and logistical capacity to move around as yet, but we are planning to do so as soon as we have the support and capacity,” Kapma said. He said that population was a big issue that needed attention, and as young leaders, they had taken the first step in establishing the association. He said overpopulation had contributed to the rise in socio-economic and environmental problems, affecting the wellbeing of people at all levels.
He said people must be informed about the impacts of overpopulation.FORMER Higher Education, Science and Research Technology Department (DHEST) secretary Fr Jan Czuba has filed a contempt of court proceeding against secretary Dr Francis Hualupmomi for not paying his full salaries. This was because a court order on May 12 for Czuba to be under full pay pending his case challenging his suspension had been breached. Czuba, through his lawyer Edward Sasingian at Waigani National Court yesterday before Deputy Chief Justice Ambeng Kandakasi, said his pay had been fluctuating since his suspension even though the court had ordered that he be paid his full pay. Kevin Kiponge, acting for the State, said Czuba’s payments were made but due to some technical errors, the department was only able to pay some of his entitlements. Lawyer Justin Wohuinangu, representing Hualupmomi, said a total of K120,000 was paid to Czuba as of yesterday. Meanwhile, Sasingian had challenged Wohuinangu’s appearance in court as lawyer for Hualupmomi, saying Wohuinangu did not obtain approval from Attorney General (AG) Pila Niningi to appear in the proceeding. Sasingian said the brief out that Wohuinangu obtained was from Justice Secretary Dr Eric Kwa and not from the AG. “Permission for legal representation must be obtained from the rightful authority,” he said. Kiponge said a brief out for legal representation for State agencies was decided by the AG advisory council which Kwa was part of. “The brief out was given for Wohuinangu to appear in this matter,” Kiponge said. Wohuinangu said he had no issue with his appearance as he was given permission by the AG’s office. Deputy Chief Justice Kandakasi then reminded the parties saying Czuba was granted leave for judicial review and the matter came before the court yesterday for hearing on the substantive matter which was the appeal for his suspension. “However, we now have a notice of motion for contempt of court and issues on legal representation,” he said. The matter returns today for hearing on the motion and the substantive matter. Kapma said the association was timely in light of issues affecting the country and the choices people made amid these challenges. He said it would be a huge challenge for the students and as the president, he would do his best. Organisation that were ready to support the students in the programme were the National Statistics Office and United Nation World Population Fund. Comments are closed.
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