WESTERN Province Minister of Finance and Treasury is calling for the cooperation and assistance of all their MPAs to ensure that revenue related ordinances are effectively implemented and monitored on behalf of the government.

This was after the province passed its business license amendment ordinance regulation for 2017 at its Full Assembly meeting last month.

“I am quite serious about these ordinances because it took our time and effort to work on them,” said the minister Hon Lester Saomasi.

“If they are just stored somewhere and ignored with nobody implementing them then that is a mockery to this government house.

“This is why added effort needs to be done and I am calling on the MPA’s because they too are living within their

Wards.” Hon Saomasi said that when MPA’s are not reporting back to the ministry, they too are contributing to the existing problems.

“We are living on scattered islands where it is quite hard to collect information unless from a reliable source.

Therefore, I am calling on each MPA’s and also our Village Officers (VOs) for their cooperation and assistance to ensure that these revenue ordinances are implemented and monitored,” said the minister.