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ARMM, provl govt target to remove Lanao del Sur from poorest provinces list





A special cabinet meeting and executive consultation involving top officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and provincial government of Lanao del Sur was held here on February 22 to map out an anti-poverty strategy to remove Lanao del Sur from the list of poorest provinces in the country.

Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority in the first quarter of 2015 showed that Lanao del Sur was the poorest province in the country with 74.3 percent poverty incidence.

Presided by the ARMM Vice Governor Haroun Alrashid Lucman Jr., the consultation discussed areas where they could improve and have better focus in the coming months.

Lucman said it was the first in a series of provincial consultations to be conducted by the regional government this year in the five ARMM provinces. 

Lanao del Sur Vice Governor Mamintal Adiong, Anak Mindanao Representative Atty. Makmod Mending Jr., and the province’s local chief executives were present during the consultation.

Provincial line agency heads also presented their agency accomplishments for 2016 as well as the status of on-going projects.

The Integrated Provincial Health Office reported improvements in health statistics for such as maternal mortality rate which dropped from 81 in 2009 to only five in 2016; decrease in infant mortality rate from four to 1.46;  drop in malnutrition among children from 15.20 percent to 5.65 percent; increase in tuberculosis cure rate to 83 percent and, increase of immunization for children to 86.84 percent, the highest in the region.

Regional Health Secretary Kadil Sinolinding said these improvements in the health sector are credited to improved facilities development and increased deployment of health professionals in all the provinces of the region.

ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman, who was present in the consultation meeting, encouraged Department of Agriculture in the province to work on expanding the agriculture coverage and making the province rice sufficient by 2019.

Hataman also urged officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to expedite the bidding process on partner conduit to speed up the payout process of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.

The two districts of Lanao del Sur with combined 92,191 program beneficiaries have not received the amounts due them since last year due to the absence of a partner conduit that will serve the beneficiaries.

DSWD-ARMM Assistant Secretary Pombaen Karon Kader said no bidder participated in the last year’s call for a partner conduit, which was the reason why the agency’s central office has not downloaded the program’s funds for the province. 

The Humanitarian Development Action Plan (HDAP) was also discussed as a special program that will cover the conflict-affected town of Butig.

ARMM-HDAP is a program of the regional government under the Hataman administration that implements various government initiatives.

These include relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction of both horizontal and vertical infrastructures such as school buildings, houses, health centers, roads and bridges. The program also covers livelihood projects that will promote peace and order and help improve the economic situation in calamity-affected communities. (BPI/PIA Lanao del Sur)

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