Implementation of BuB projects seen

• Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1461474280067/implementation-of-bub-projects-seen
• Monday, September 19, 2016

(SP)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Sept. 19 – Soon an P8 million worth of Bottom-Up Budgeting (BuB) projects will be implemented in Cagayan de Oro.

Supporting the national government’s Millennium Development Goals against poverty, the 18th City Council headed by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy is fast tracking the implementation of the 2016 BuB projects in Cagayan de Oro City.

The committees on public works, on finance, budget and appropriations and on laws and rules chaired by Councilors Zaldy Ocon, Edna Dahino and Ian Mark Nacaya, respectively, endorsed the proposed ordinance confirming and ratifying the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) entered into by and between the city government and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-10) covering the implementation of two more BUB projects.

The projects involve the construction of a multi-purpose evacuation center in Barangay Canitoan and implementation of the Community-Based Monitoring system in the city’s 80 barangays.

The proposed ordinance also earmarks the sum of P3.5 million from the “Non-Office-General Public Services: Special Purpose Funds-BuB Poverty Reduction Projects” in the 2016 annual budget to be made available as city’s counterpart fund.

Under the MOA, the DILG will provide an allocation of P4.5 million, P3 million for the construction of the evacuation center and P1.5 million for the monitoring system.

Legislators noted the certification of the City Budget Office that the amount of P20 million from the annual budget of 2016 under the poverty reduction project is available for BuB projects in the city.

The implementation of these projects is in line with the Philippine Development Plan for 2011-2016, which aims to reduce poverty in the country.

The proposed legislation will be tackled during the regular session, September 19.