SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao --- Atty. Naguib
Sinarimbo, spokesman of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao and concurrent Minister of the
Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG-BARMM), disclosed that the new region has decided to utilize
the P30-B unprogrammed funds to improve the quality of services, thereby
solving poverty at the barangay level.
The recipient barangays, he said, are located in the
provinces of Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Basilan, Tawi-tawi, and Sulu and some
Muslim-populated towns of North Cotabato.
Sinarimbo
added that the regional MILG earlier requested the national government to
immediately allocate the amount “so it could distribute as soon as possible the
funds to concerned villages in Muslim Mindanao.”
He said
that he was directed by Chief Minister Al Haj Murad Ebrahim to secure the amount
“to support social service delivery and front-load the money to the village
level in the region’s areas of responsibility.”
Sinarimbo
said Ebrahim has required Cabinet members to submit “their respective proposed
programs and projects and then refer them to the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) for appropriate action.”
He said
health and education are the major concerns, noting that the region’s “health
indicators are among the worst in the entire country. “We want to reverse that
lamentable condition by fielding enough needed health workers at the level of
the barangay as well as employing qualified public elementary and secondary
school teachers in urban and countryside villages to upgrade the academic
performance of learners Maranao, Maguindanaon, Tausug, Yakan, and Samal
students.” (ALEXANDER ISKANDAR, LUWARAN, MINDANAO EXPOSE')
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