President David Granger last evening extolled the virtues of a proposed administrative body in place year-round to ensure that the decisions of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) are properly implemented.
The body which was first proposed by the president at the opening of the 10th annual NTC Conference last month is expected to fill the administrative gap which exists between village level administration and the ministerial level.
Delivering the feature address at the Ceremonial launch of Indigenous Heritage Month yesterday at the Sophia Exhibition Centre, the president said that the proposed National Indigenous Peoples Authority (NIPA) will have the human resources, administrative apparatus and financial clout to ensure decisions made by the NTC are implemented. It will be supported by a planning unit within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs and even before the financial year starts can be designing plans to ensure communities are given what they need to development.
