The lawmaker almost walked out from the hearing while trying to find out answers from NIA officials on why they have a very low performance rate in terms of their irrigation projects.
MANILA — Sen. Cynthia Villar on Thursday grilled officials of the National Irrigation Administration during the budget deliberation of the Department of Agrarian Reform and its attached agencies at the Senate.DAR’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 is P9.393 billion, which is P1.9 billion lower than its 2023 budget.
Villar added that most of NIA’s projects in 2018 are only in 10 percent completion, like the Bayawan small reservoir in Pangasinan and Cabano small reservoir in Guimaras. Villar asked the Department of Budget and Management to explain their allocation of budget for NIA after they reasoned out that they are not receiving enough budget on-time.
Brillantes added that since 2020, they are releasing SARO and NCA to NIA and other government agencies so they can immediately obligate or implement their projects.
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