A major milestone has been reached by the government, the Native Land Trust Board, the landowners from Colo-i-Suva and other stakeholders today.
After almost 20 years of negotiations, the parties today signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will allow the stakeholders who have transmitter sites up in Nakobalevu, Colo-i-Suva, to use the village access road to reach the sites without any problems.
It will also allow the Fiji Electricity Authority to take power lines right up to the transmitter sites.
This would see a huge reduction in diesel consumption by the stakeholders as they have been using diesel generators to power up their transmitter sites for years due to no electricity supply.
The facilitator of the negotiations and the Permanent Secretary for Justice Colonel Pio Tikoduadua said proper and constructive dialogue has resulted in this historic signing.
Colonel Tikoduadua said the returns to the Colo-i-Suva landowners are huge as apart from monetary benefits, the infrastructure in terms of roads and electricity is also being developed.
Colonel Tikoduadua had earlier facilitated the talks between the stakeholders and the owners of the land at Natadola.
Major milestone reached
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