Best for the people

Best for the people

Fiji Times Thursday 13 April 2017  WHEN Ratu Kini Vosailagi took on the role of turaga na Tui Nalolo in 2014, he vowed to always do what was best for his people.

For about a decade there were divisions among the people of Nalolo, much of this conflict arising from the issues emerging out of a failed development project that started in 2004.

It was a project the six villages in the tikina had banked their future on, one that held the promise of employment for a lot of its people.

The project was a resort development at Momi Bay, Nadi, where the country’s superannuation body, the Fiji National Provident Fund, was a major partner.

Ratu Kini said it wasn’t easy winning the trust of landowning units — the Yavusa of Nalolo of Tau Village and neighbouring villages of Lomawai and Bavu — when the FNPF returned to re-engage and hold discussions on the project that had been abandoned a decade ago.  Read more…