MindanaoToday.com | ‘SurUy-SurUy’ outreach program to launch Jan. 30
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Next week’s launching of City Hall’s “SurUy-SurUy sa Baryo” outreach program under Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy’s administration will prioritize the sitios in the city’s hinterland barangays where officials will go door-to-door to serve the people, the program’s chief coordinator said on Thursday, Jan. 25.
“(A test run) of our ‘SurUy-SurUy Sa Baryo’ program is scheduled on Jan. 30 (and the first recipient) will be the sitios of Barangay Tignapoloan. Specifically, we will service Sitio Man-ai in upper Tignapoloan and lower Tignapoloan,” said Rico Libre, City Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office chief.
During the program series “Department in Focus” hosted by the City Information Office, Libre said Uy told the technical working group behind the program that it’s high time for City Hall to reach out even more and head straight to the households of every sitio in the city’s 80 barangays.
Yet this time, Libre confirmed that a pre-assessment will be conducted on the identified beneficiaries days prior to the mayor’s visit, several administration councilors and the departments involved in delivering the services to the recipient communities.
“(Not all departments) will be visiting … what’s important is that the concerns of the communities will be acted on or resolved as soon as possible,” he said.
Libre admitted that not all problems will be resolved immediately like infrastructure since these are included in City Hall’s annual investment program (AIP) and the action plan or development programs of every barangay.
“If their needs are not included in the AIP (or the barangay development programs) then Mayor Klarex will find ways to address it,” he said in Visayan.
Unlike the “Klarex Nga Serbisyo sa Baryo” program where barangay residents will head to the barangay hall or school to avail of City Hall’s services, Libre said City Hall’s department managers will go door-to-door to ask the constituents their immediate needs such as medical services.
“This would entail a lot of walking (and may cover) one or two sitios,” he added.
As far as City Hall’s requirements for undertaking the program are concerned, Libre said they need to provide security for every participant and the recipient sitios and the deployment of resources in the area concerned.
“Our services (will be more focused) this time…we will conduct assessment before we (deploy our personnel and resources) for the (beneficiaries),” he said.
The Tignapoloan test run of the “SurUy” program will serve as basis for future implementation of the program in the coming days, Libre said. (Stephen Capillas | City Information Office)
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