Gigira Laitebo Gas to Power Hela – Dream Finally Becomes A Reality
HELA province will soon have a full-time electricity supply following an agreement between PNG Power Ltd and Barrick Gold Corporation. PPL chairman Larry Andagali and Barrick PNG/Australia Executive General Manager Greg Walker resolved at a special meeting this week for the Porgera gold miner to supply 4 megawatts of electricity to PPL to reticulate to the people of Hela. Andagali said despite the people of Hela have been living in darkness for the past 23 years despite the commissioning of the Hides Gas to Electricity project in November 1991. “I am so pleased that I am in a position to finally make the Hela people’s dream a reality by having access to 24 hours electricity powered from their very own prophetic Gigira Laitebo gas,” he said. He added that it was not a mistake that Barrick had waited for many years to make available 4 megawatt of power. “It is only fulfilling the Gigira Laitebo prophecy,” Andagali said. He said according to the prophecy, the Gigira Laitep