BACOLOD CITY — A principal author of Republic Act 12000, or the law that created the Negros Island Region (NIR), is proposing a P1.2-billion budget for the newly created administrative region.'Since it is now a law, Congress has no choice but to allocate funds for it,' said Sen. JV Ejercito, one of the authors of the NIR Act.
BACOLOD CITY — A principal author of Republic Act 12000, or the law that created the Negros Island Region , is proposing a P1.2-billion budget for the newly created administrative region.'Since it is now a law, Congress has no choice but to allocate funds for it,' said Sen. JV Ejercito, one of the authors of the NIR Act.Ejercito said the budget will be used to spur and stimulate economic growth in the new region as well as to establish regional offices.
Alvarez said the lawmakers from NIR will also sit down and discuss the NIR budget when the technical working group for the new region is convened.Former Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri, also a principal author of the NIR Law, earlier expressed his intention to join the TWG meeting.
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