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The MP Jay Ngwele says water on the volcanic island is unsafe to drink and he is very upset over the government's treatment of his people.
"The Council of Ministers approved a budget of 200 million Vatu which I think was not spent on the people. It was spent basically on government allowances and the logistics of the evacuation and most of the money was spent unnecessarily. So that's why I felt the need to make a statement with the current government so why I resigned."
Mr Ngwele says too much money was spent on shipping and not enough on the people's health, sanitation and water.
He says despite reassurances from authorities that the water was safe to drink once boiled, his independent water tests from 12 different sites on the west of Ambae have shown the water is contaminated.
"Bacterial levels were high and sulphur nitrate was evident. I think the government should give more attention to the water because at the moment they are saying it's safe, you can boil it and drink. However with the current results it is not safe even to boil."
According to the MP, acid rain continues to fall on Ambae and over 600 people have already left the island again to live on the neighbouring island of Santo at their own cost.
Jay's brother Jeff Ngwele is the Red Cross project coordinator on Santo and has just returned from Ambae's west.
"Most of the water that they are drinking comes from a ground well that's pumped up and distributed. And a lot of people are complaining that when they drink the rain water they are having sore throats, the kids are coughing and all that."
Jeff Ngwele says the ash and acid rain fall which ever way the wind blows.
He says the situation keeps on changing and people who have only been back a few weeks are making their own decisions to leave Ambae.
"With the change of direction of the wind a lot of the interior villages have moved down to the coastal areas and some are even starting to move out of the island at their own cost."
A spokesman for the government says there is still some money remaining from the disaster allocation to assist the people of Ambae.
Hilaire Bule says the Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has visited the Ambae people three times but that it has been difficult to please them as they adapt to the consequences of the ongoing eruption.
"They are very very difficult people on Ambae. Before we the government took the decision to evacuate them they complained that they didn't want to leave the island. And we visited them and they were still asking the government when they will return to the island. And now they don't want to stay on Ambae. They want to go back to the other island."
Hilaire Bule says there has also been criticism on social media over the government's spending in response to the disaster.
"Some of the people there's been concern when the audit will be done by the government. They were asking to see the audit, how the money was spent. But the problem that the operation is still on, you cannot make the audit when the government is spending the money. You have to wait until the end of the operation."
He says even though most people have been repatriated back to Ambae there are ongoing costs hosting school students during exam season on other islands.
Th government, he says, is frequently monitoring water safety
