MARGARET LOKO FOR NCD REGIONAL SEAT
2012 NATIONAL ELECTION
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MOTTO : "RESPECT FOR YOURSELF MEANS RESPECT FOR OTHERS"
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| Vision |
The National Capital District as a
marine city in a well ordered urban landscape serving as the national
commercial and administrative hub of Papua New Guinea
To win the 2012 national election as
NCD Regional Member ready to serve you and supported by a vibrant and dynamic
NCDC administration happy to serve the public.
| Values |
Decreasing law and order problems in
the city by upholding human integrity, equality and participation for women,
men, girls and boys, self reliance
through informal businesses, encouraging private investment and increasing
employment, safeguarding national resources and environment and protecting noble
customs for the citizens and welcoming visitors to the nation’s premium city .
| Personal information |
Margaret Loko is originally
of Gulf and Central origin that includes having ancestral Motuan heritage as a
result of the Hiri and Elema trading expedition. Born on 8th September 1950 and bred in Port Moresby Highlands
region who worked as laborers for the colonial administration in the 1950s to
1860s. Ms. Loko regards NCD as her
home. She has an extensive network of
family members, friends across the nation, women and youth network, street
vendors, work colleagues both nationally and internationally.
Education
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Masters in Tropical Health in Hospital Administration, Queensland University and Prince Songhkla Hospital , Thailand
BA (Political Science, Anthropology Sociology, UPNG (1969-1972)
Grade 10 Certificate, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
Host of United Nations certificates – gender journey, ethics, sexual harassment, human rights, governance, transformational and leadership skills and advocacy (2004-2011).
| Employment (1974-2011) |
Background in wide range of
activities from the Department of Health and the Port Moresby General Hospital
administration, in the private sector working with the Steamships Property
Division, the Gulf Papua Fisheries and final 7 years as a development
practitioner with the United Nations system.
Responsibilities at the Hospital
included overseeing the support that the administration provided to the medical
and nursing services to ensure spontaneous response when requested. At the Department of Health, responsibilities
included the management of the health department finances and manpower
recruitment.
As
administration manager of Properties of STC ,
she was responsible for the maintenance and rental of properties that STC owned. In
her time, STC made substantial
profit from these activities.
As
the Managing Director for Gulf Papua Fisheries, a business arm of the Gulf
Provincial Government, she was responsible for the operations of the company in
exporting shrimp to Japan, China and locally.
As a development practitioner, she served the United Nations
system for 7 years assisting the PNG
Government and civil society organizations in areas of gender, HIV/AIDS and
Governance.
She served under Dame Carol Kidu in Opposition when the
Honorable Bernard Narakobi was Opposition Leader. As First Secretary, Ms. Loko
ensured the Member was kept informed of the political dynamics on the Floor of
Parliament and advised the Member alternate responses to take.
As the Special Projects Officer in the Law Reform Commission
in 1979-1980, Ms. Loko undertook to compile a submission on the conditions of
married women in the Public Service. Amongst other pertinent issues, the,
breast feeding and removal expenses of women public servants were enacted as
law by Parliament in 1982. The
breastfeeding enables mothers half and hour off in the morning and afternoon to
breast feed their babie. The removal
expenses allows the family to rotate their annual leave and repatriation
between the man and the woman’s home provinces
The
city of Port Moresby PNG
either living here or sending remittances home from the income from whatever
source they raise. Life for those who
can make it can be treacherous with no employment or means of support and hence
the influx of rural migrants into the overcrowded settlements and overburdening
of the use of the NCDC land, water and power services. But the urban drift has
brought with it adverse effects such as increased pressures on the municipal services,
increased unemployment, general lawlessness impacting on the lives of everyone
regardless of country and province of origin.
Domestic and gender based violence has become a way of life not for the
city alone but for the whole country.
Whilst
the land owners of Motu Koitabu and the
Koiaries and their traditional trading
and warrior allies of the coastal villagers of the Southern Region such as the Eremas, Kairukus and the Hulas
living in settlements have to contend with the influx, they are denied their
rights to have access to free water to every household, health services and
education to compensate them for the use of the land on which the capital of PNG stands.
NCDC
has not been able to cater for these challenges and the land owners and the
owners of the Rouna Falls that supplies the city with electricity have been
left out of the discussions in the planning of the services that NCDC and EDA RANU caters for
and hence resort to compensation demands without regard for other alternatives
for entrepreneurship. Other provincial
resource owners with royalty and equity payments derived from extraction of
their natural resources have been able to amass real estate properties,
purchased land and businesses in NCD leaving the land owners as spectators to
the developments taking place in the city.
Against this background, Ms. Loko will utilize
her wealth of experience, innovative ideas, ability to communicate with people
locally and internationally to better serve her people and address many of the
social ailments affecting the residents of the city. Importantly, NCDC will
require the support of the private sector to boost the NCDC existing and demand
for new services.
She
is a dynamic person, creative and a hard working woman and prepared to take on
new challenges to influence positive outcomes derived from sheer hard work
inherited from her father and mother.
As
a team player, she would like to take on the challenge as the Governor of NCD
and work in partnership with her colleagues in politics from the Open MPs of
North East, Moresby North West and Moresby South. In addition, she is keen to work with the
Chairperson and MPs of the Motu Koita Assembly to ensure city services are
delivered without undue delays to the villages to ensure basic services are
supplied.
In
addition, the local government system in NCD requires a major overhaul so that
the concerns of the 3 electorates in NCD are adequately addressed. The fact that the system is not operative is
a cause for concern as the voices of those who live in settlements are not
heard and communities suffer for lack of services such as water and sanitation
and security for the vulnerable and marginalized groups from other provinces.
Most of these people live in sub standard accommodation while a large number of
workers in the formal sector live in low standard housing without proper security.
Public transport system is in shambles and requires a major overhaul with
commuting travelers off loaded by buses not completing their routes leaving
then stranded at bus stops to be heckled by petty criminals.
As
a ardent believer of a public services system, it is important to ensure the
neutrality of the NCDC as an administrative machinery without any political
interference from the Governor should be the order of the day. The NCDC should
not be the milking cow for a few friends or supporters of the Governor but that
all contracts and services should abide by the rules and regulations of the Public
Financial procedures. She firmly advocates for a balanced work life policy that
boosts staff morale and increases work productivity, reduces personal stresses
and better family life.
The
current NCDC administration embarked on
program of cleansing the streets of Port Moresby by using heavy handed
tactics to manhandled the vendors without due regard for their human dignity,
abusing, kicking and punching them and confiscating
the items and cash. These goods have
never been accounted for and returned to the owners upon reporting to the
authority. She would like to see a more
humane approach as well as a training program for NCDC on human rights approach
to conducting their businesses and to conduct awareness for the street vendors
on health and hygiene.
This
city needs a person who understands the community and their need. Ms. Loko has the qualities of a warm
personality but is a firm administrator who knows the clear demarcation of
policy and operation and leaving matters of administration to the public
services machinery. But she is also
mindful that the workforce is accountable to its tax payers and expects them to
put in a good days work for the pay they receive, be transparent in their
dealings with consumers and not accept bribes or treat clients discriminately.
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The UN Joint Team on Women in Leadership responsible for the
coordination of the 22 Reserve Seats for women in Parliament of
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Margaret
Loko (MBE)
Candidate
for NCD Regional Seat
If you want to contact
her, her phone number is 675-73944325.
Other contacts are David
Loko on 675-72074432 and Henao Anne Loko on 675-7220175 and Anna Miro on 675-71376812.
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