Role of NLTB
THE unfortunate incident last week involving the commercial arm of the Ba Provincial Council has brought to light some serious questions to be addressed.
My focus is not on Ba Holdings Limited and its dealings with Digicel. It is on the NLTB and Pacific Connex.
As a layman, I would assume that the Native Land Trust Act governs how the NLTB carries out its function as a custodian of Fijian land and adviser to landowners.
What is Pacific Connex?
Is it the commercial arm of the NLTB? How was it formed? Does the NLT Act makes provision for such ventures or non-core activities, as one might say?
If the local millionaire is a shareholder, where did the NLTB get its funds from to be the other shareholder? Was it a government grant? Was it interest from landowners' money pending collection because of title dispute or non-registration in the Vola ni Kawa Bula?
Did the NLTB raise its funds from the capital markets to pay part of its shares?
As a layman and an indigenous Fijian I am concerned at what the NLTB is turning out to be. Is it a saviour for Fijians or a monster working through the influence of others to get a bigger piece of the pie?
My fellow Fijians from the province of Ba have a huge amount of resources. My advice to them is to be very careful about how to use them.
It's always wise to use the Monasavu case as a learning point and their legal representative is not bad at all.
Aca Domolailai
Nasinu
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