From the Website of MILFBARMM allots 16,000 sacks of rice for each BTA Parliament member for distribution to COVID-19 affected constituents
Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao – The 80 members of the Bangsamoro
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has been allotted with a
total of 16,000 sacks of rice which they could distribute to their
constituents affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic.
The good news was announced by the BARMM’s Bureau of Public Information (BPI) on Monday, April 28.
BARMM
Chief Minister Ahod “Hadji Murad” Ebrahim officially informed
Parliament Speaker Ali Pangalian Balindong on Monday about the grant of
200 bags of rice for each parliament member to distribute to their
constituents. This would be apart from the relief goods and the cash aid
the local residents have received from other government line agencies,
the BPI said as quoted by the Manila Bulletin in its report on April 28.
“These
(rice allocations) will be distributed to affected residents of BARMM,
especially those who reside in the far-flung areas and provinces each of
the Parliament members represent,” Ebrahim was quoted as saying in his
letter to Speaker Balindong.
The 16,000 bags of rice
cost a total of P33.6 million, with each parliament member getting a
share of 200 bags worth a total of P420,000.
Earlier, the
BARMM Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on COVID-19 said the Office of the
Chief Minister (OCM) was looking into a proposal of granting P1-million
cash for each parliament member to be used in the purchase of goods that
they may want to donate to needy sectors or individuals, the Manila
Bulletin report said.
It was not known whether or not the rice allocation formed part of the proposal, the Manila Bulletin report also said.
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