The HRPP Secretary, Lealailepule was one of several MPs who were very vocal in and outside Parliament against the project saying it was a lie and it will not eventuate and it created tension within his and other districts and delayed the project.<\/p>\n
This caused some Faleata 3 members who believed in the Governments initiative to form their own District Council without the MP, in order to access the funding for their people.<\/p>\n
However, one of the criteria of establishing a District Council under the project is that the MP is the Chairperson and after several consultations, Faleata 3 settled their differences and focused on the project for their residents benefit.<\/p>\n
Sagaga 1 under the former Minister of Education, Loau Keneti Sio was another district that took a while to embrace the project.<\/p>\n
Both MPs were all smiles when they happily signed the agreement to release the $150,000 under the second phase of the project.<\/p>\n
These two districts are also qualified to receive funds of $425,000 for actual projects after a One on One Consultations<\/strong> with the Ministry of Women & Social Development which the project is under.<\/p>\n Faleata 3 Member of Parliament, Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi signing the $150,000 Funding Agreement before the Minister of Finance, Mulipola Anarosa Molioo & the Minister in charge of the project, Leota Laki Lamositele.<\/p><\/div>\n Two other districts, Alataua West and Aiga ile Tai\u00a0also received $150,000 each and also qualify for $425,000 to fund their actual development projects identified.<\/p>\n Presiding over the Fund Agreement signing were the Minister for Finance, Mulipola Anarosa Molio\u2019o and the Minister for Women Social Development & Community, Leota Laki Lamositele.<\/p>\n Lealailepule and Loau believe \u201call good things come to those who are patient\u201d as they signed the Funding Agreement.<\/p>\n Aiga ile Tai Member of Parliament Auapaau\u00a0Mulipola is all geared up to put his districts development in motion.<\/p>\n 8 districts qualify for the $425,000<\/strong> They will receive the first tranche of $425,000 for development after a One on One consultation with the Ministry.<\/p>\n The 8 district include: Alataua West, Faleata 3, Aiga ile Tai, Lotofaga, Vaimauga 1, Fa\u2019asaleleaga 2, Safata 1 and Sagaga 1.<\/p>\n No district has yet received\u00a0the full $1million tala funding as the financial year comes to a close soon and according to the Project Manager, Unasa Tiane Tooala, they are looking at the end of May but that depends on reports from each district.<\/p>\n All 51 districts have completed the First Phase of the project which is setting up the District Council offices with the $200,000 initial allocation.<\/p>\n Whilst some districts have just signed the Second Phase of the project, other districts have already started their development projects and are qualified for the final $425,000 which is the last tranche of the annual $1m allocation under the project.<\/p>\n These districts include Vaimauga 2, Vaimauga 4 and Faleata 2.<\/p>\n The new budget to be tabled on 30 May is expected to include a further allocation of $51 million tala for the Project which is the FAST Government\u2019s initiative to decentralize development<\/a> and funding for projects identified by the villages and districts themselves to meet their most urgent social and development needs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA \u2013 17 MAY 2023: Opposition Members of Parliament Loau Keneti Sio of Sagaga 1 and Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi of Faleata 3 signed the release of funds for the Second Phase of the\u00a0$1\u00a0million District Development Project in a brief ceremony on Tuesday. The HRPP Secretary, Lealailepule was one of several MPs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[189,177],"tags":[2518,59,2516,2517,2519],"class_list":["post-17552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-latest","tag-decentralize-development","tag-featured","tag-opposition-party-secretary","tag-sign-the-1m-village-development-project","tag-villages-most-urgent-social-and-development-needs"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"district](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/talamua.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/district-faleata-3.jpg?resize=740%2C382&ssl=1\")
\nEight other districts have also qualified for the $425,000 after the ministry\u2019s assessment and endorsement by the projects Steering Committee.<\/p>\n