By Cris Diaz
City Councilor Adrian
Barba, Chair of the Committee on Education, has expressed the suspicion that
“somebody must have gained” from the overpriced school building projects of the
city government.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY,
Aug. 28 (PNA) -- A city councilor is calling for the conduct of a probe on the
reported overpriced construction of eight public school buildings in Cagayan De
Oro City.
City Councilor Roger
Abaday, a member of the administration’s minority bloc, on Thursday insisted
that an investigation should be made to determine whether the construction of
the city government’s school projects is above board.
“Kinahanglan
imbistigahon kini nga mga proyekto para mahibaw-an kung insaktoba ang
comparative cost analysis,” (An investigation of this project should be done to
find if the comparative cost analysis is correct), Abaday said.
He said that an
authorized agency should look into the projects and conduct a thorough
investigation – in the interest of the public.
An incensed Abaday
made the reaction after the City Council’s Committee on Education reported the
comparative discrepancies of the construction cost of public school buildings
of the city government compared to other government agencies.
In a special report
during the City Council regular session, Barba presented his observation about
the difference in the unit cost of classrooms in public schools in the eight
barangays here.
He said that the
LGU-CDO built a one-storey, eight-classroom building at the Dansolihon National
High School with a contract amounting to P7,197,202.94 at the cost of
P899,650.37 per classroom.
At the Tuburan
National High School, the one storey, six-classroom building costs P5,488,839
or P914,806.67 per classroom while the Tumpagon National High School’s
one-storey, six-classroom building also costs P5,488,839 or at P914,806.67 per
classroom - both implemented by the city government.
Barba said that the
comparative costs of the DepEd-implemented school building projects are: a
one-storey three classroom building at the Lumbia National High School has a
contract amount of P1,511,134.53 at P503,711 per classroom; Bonbon National
High School, P1,222, 081.46 at P611,040 per classroom and Patag Elementary
School, P1,087,029 at P543,514 per classroom.
He said that the
DPWH-implemented projects are: a one storey-two classroom building at the
Mambuaya National High School, P1,078,160 at P539,080 per classroom and the
Iponan National High School, P2,684,678 at P536,935 per classroom.
According to Barba,
the comparative and derivative average of percentage among the projects showed
a difference of 64.60 percent between the city-implemented classrooms and the
DepEd and a 69.10 percent difference between the city and the DPWH-implemented
classrooms.
Barba said that, like
the rest of the members of the local august body, he will welcome any
development projects. “The costs of these school projects, however, are
questionable,” he said. (PNA)
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