The National Cultural Commission has expressed its keenness to help revamp Arts Faculty facilities at the University of Papua New Guinea starting with a donation of two grass cutters and a lawn mower.

In a brief presentation ceremony recently (May 19), NCC Executive Director Steven Enomb Kilanda handed over to UPNG Vice Chancellor Frank Griffin the grass cutting equipment at the Waigani campus in Port Moresby. The presentation was witnessed by NCC’s Deputy Board Chairman and the Executive Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Prof. Leo Marai, and the lecturers and staff of the Arts Faculty, which comes under the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

This gesture on May 19, amongst others, is part of the collaborative partnership penned in a memorandum of understanding between NCC and UPNG in 2022.

Prof. Griffin expressed his gratitude towards NCC and said he was excited the university has been able to collaborate and corporate into activities beneficial to UPNG and the Commission.

He said the support by NCC to the Arts Faculty was timely and added that the equipment would be beneficial to everyone including the students. 

NCC Executive Director Steven Enomb Kilanda said UPNG is an important institution the Commission views as an essential platform to deliver cultural services to the people of Papua New Guinea.

Such collaboration may start small but it is really a significant gesture for important programs and development going forward.

The presentation of this equipment’s will help the arts faculty and the University to maintain and keep its premises clean and tidy. We are happy to deliver these lawn mower and grass cutters to the faculty. This will ensure and enable our partnership is built upon cooperation and collaborative efforts as per our MoU, Mr. Kilanda said.