By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter
Batac
City—The city government here and the
National Food Authority (NFA) renewed their rice loan program.
The renewal of the program
came after the Sangguniang Panlungsod here passed a resolution calling for the
same. Earlier, Batac Mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta certified the resolution as
urgent.
The NFA has a rice loan
program for emergency situations that it opened for all local government units
in the country.
Batac councilor Violeta
Daradar-Nalupta, who sponsored the measure, said the resolution authorizes the
mayor to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with NFA for the rice loan
program.
Ms. Nalupta added that it
would be up to the mayor to decide the loan threshold for the program.
She also stressed that the
MOA ensures that Batac will be given priority to secure rice supply in times of
calamities. The rice would then be distributed to their calamity-affected
constituents.
In the past, Ms. Nalupta
reported that Batac has availed at least 200 bags of rice for emergency
situations.
NFA provincial manager
Beverly Peralta explained that the NFA rice loan program was designed to
cushion the impact of various calamities that may hit the country and ensures
the LGUs priority access to NFA rice for its immediate relief distribution
operations.
Mr. Nalupta, for his part
thanked the city council for passing the said resolution.
Meanwhile, city government
records show that Brgy. Cangrunaan here, specifically Sitios Bulilising and
Tumbol are the most flood prone area in the city and as such residents here are
regular recipients of relief goods.
Ms. Nalupta however
emphasized that relief goods are distributed equally to all of their affected
constituents.
The lady councilor also
disclosed that the Batac government is currently stocking up on relief goods as
the LGU now has its own warehouse for it.
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