Two Zambo del Sur towns receive P3.6-M project assistance thru Grassroots Participatory Budgeting

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By Hirohito D. Cadion

 

DTI Provincial Director Ma. Socorro Atay and Ramon

Magsaysay Mayor Leonilo Borinaga, Sr.both at the

center. (Photo by JC-MPF-News)

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Dec. 10 (PNA) -– Two municipalities from this province received P3,654,000 worth of project assistance from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through the Grassroots Participatory Budgeting (GPB), a DTI official announced Wednesday.

DTI Provincial Director Ma. Socorro Atay said that P3,084,000 of the P3,654,000 was released to the municipality of Ramon Magsasay while the remaining P570,000 to the town of Kumalarang.

Atay said that the municipality of Ramon Magsaysay will utilize the P1,802,000 of the P3,084,000 to put up a mini coconut oil mill. The oil mill will become one of the Ramon Magsaysay town’s economic enterprises.

Ramon Magsaysay Mayor Leonilo Borinaga, Sr. said the oil mill will cater to the needs of the coconut farmers, who maintains at least 11,000 hectares farm, in his town.

RM Mayor Leonilo Borinaga, Sr with DTI Dir. Atay

Borinaga said the establishment of the coconut oil mill will also generate employment since 40 to 50 personnel are needed for the operation of the facility aside from addressing the needs of the coconut farmers.

Atay said the remaining P1,282,000 of the P3,084,000 will be utilized as follows: one-town, one-product (OTOP) store, P712,000; bamboo craft development, P380,000; and, productin shop for novelty items, P190,000.

For Kumalarang, Atay said that the P380,000 of the P570,000 will be used for mat weaving project and the remaining P190,000 for handicraft livelihood project.

Atay said the GPB, which is formerly known as the Bottoms-Up Budgeting (BUB) Process, is a budget and poverty reduction reform agenda that aims to make the national budget a participatory process.

GPB ensures that communities are informed, consulted, and actually take part in projects that their local government will implement. In that sense, communities own their projects and take part in shaping their development.(PNA)
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