Mindanaotoday.com | NorMin InfraCom highlights sector accomplishments
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Northern Mindanao Regional Development Council-10 (RDC-10) Infrastructure and Utilities Development Committee (InfraCom) conducted its second quarterly meeting at the NEDA/RDC-10 Main Conference Room and via Zoom, the final committee meeting for term 2019-2022.
“Let it be an assurance in whatever capacity that I can help NEDA and RDC-10, I will continue to do so,” presiding officer and outgoing RDC-10 InfraCom Chairperson, Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano, said.
Emano is the newly sworn-in representative of the second district of Misamis Oriental.
The report presents the significant accomplishments and performance of the infrastructure sub sectors through the major policies, programs, projects, and activities implemented in the region since 2017.
It also contains the priority action areas that will be implemented for the rest of 2022 and the next planning period.
Said budget includes priority programs, projects, and activities contained in the Regional Development Investment Program, the Three-Year Rolling Infrastructure Program, and part of statutory budget allocations that are deemed crucial for the region’s economic recovery.
The PDAC-10 aims to enhance the capacities of RDC-10 member-national government agencies, local government units, state universities and colleges, and other major stakeholders on project planning and development, project appraisal, review and evaluation, and project fund sourcing as support to planning, investment programming and budgeting processes.
The Committee requested the COWD to respond promptly to consumers’ complaints on adequacy of water supply and maintenance services.
At the Committee’s final meeting, Emano presented InfraCom’s accomplishments for the term 2019-2022.
The report highlighted the endorsements of the Opol-Naawan Expressway, 55 catalytic projects of the DPWH-10, major port developments, upgrading and expansion of Laguindingan airport, rehabilitation of the Agus-Pulangi hydropower plants, PHIVIDEC Infrastructure Development Program for FY 2022-2028, and flood-risk management projects, among others to higher level bodies for consideration.
The Committee sponsored 40 resolutions and supported three policy recommendations.
The awards were presented by RDC-10 InfraCom Chairperson Emano, RDC-10 Co-Chairperson (PSR) Dr. Modesto C. Babaylan, and EnP/Engr. Rosalyn Yparraguirre, technical coordinator of the Committee, representing RDC-10 Vice-Chairperson and NEDA-10 Regional Director Mylah Faye Aurora B. Cariño, CESO III.
“It’s been an honor working with you. It will not be the end but certainly a start where we will be able to continue and bring more developments in region 10,” Emano said as the outgoing RDC-10 InfraCom chairperson for the term. (NEDA-10 | PIA-10)
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