By
Alfonso T. Ruda
DIPOLOG
CITY - The Department of Agrarian Reform in Zamboanga del
Norte, through the Agrarian Reform Communities Project 2-Performance-Based
Grant System (ARCP-2-PBGS) recently signed a Tripartite Memorandum of Agreement
with the Department of Finance-Municipal Development Fund Office(DOF-MDFO) and
some municipalities of Zamboanga del Norte for the implementation of various
infrastructure projects.
These
projects will be funded by the $70-million loan acquired by the Philippine
government from the Asian Development Bank and $30-million from the OPEC Fund
for International Development (OFID).
Recipient
municipalities are Siayan, Sirawai, Siocon, Tampilisan, and Gutalac.
Under
the MOA signed by Siayan Mayor Flora Villarosa and DAR-Zamboanga del Norte Provincial
Agrarian Reform Program Officer Mohammad DassanAdju,Siayangets P86,363,588.18
for its seven projects to include the rehabilitation and concreting of farm to
market roads (FMR) namely: Polayo-Denuyan– 1 km; Paranglumba -1.5-km; SitioBolanao-Litolet
– 3km ;Moyo-SitioPase -353 km ; 19 Gonayen-Sayaw–
19 km;Munoz-Litolet FMR – 2.703 km; and the construction of 3.7 FMR from
Poblacion to Moyo.
Gutalacalso
gets P20,021,584.09 forsix sub-projects. These are construction of four
Elementary School buildings in Barangays Map, Upper Gutalac, Buenavistaand
Bagong-Silang, and2 day care centers in Upper Gutalac and BagongSilang.
Meanwhile,
P28,151,987 million has been earmarked for Tampilisanfor the
upgrading/rehabilitation of Poblacion-New DapitanFMR and concreting of
Poblacion-ZNAC FMR.
The
town of Sirawai, on the other hand has a total project cost of
P17,551,521.48-million for the construction of Panabutan and Catuyan Elementary
School buildings and construction of Sipakit FMR.
Siocon
has an allocation of P69,522,055.09million for the canalization of 50-hectare
Lituban Communal Irrigation System and
concreting of JNR Pangian-Greenridge FMR.
Adju
said the project aims to assist the government to promote sustainable
development and help achieve a more rapid reduction of poverty in the province.