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Friday, November 3, 2017
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ILOILO City – Mayor Jose Espinosa III issued Executive Order (EO) No. 96 creating an ad hoc committee to undertake an inquiry on the city government’s chicken dispersal project, specifically the issue of underweight native chickens given to beneficiaries.
The committee must get to the bottom of alleged irregularities in the implementation of this integrated community food production program.
It is expected to come out with a written report of its findings with recommended courses of action not later than a maximum of 15 days from the start of probe.
The committee is headed by Atty. Milagros Hechanova of the City Legal Office.
The members are Atty. Fhymore Gascon and Atty. Mark Piad.
The secretariat includes Atty. Jahn Rey Gonzaga, Atty. Love Faith Hayco, Shayra Mar Chavez, and Esther Casidsid.
In July, Espinosa ordered the Office of the Internal Audit Services to conduct a preliminary probe and on the first week of October released its findings.
The terms of reference (TOR) of this P3.4-million chicken dispersal project were not followed, according to OIAS head Atty. Mary Joan Montaño.
The weight of the chickens that were distributed varied and most of them were indeed below 300 grams as previously suspected, she discovered.
Under the TOR, the chickens must not be less than 300 grams.
Montaño also found out that the recipients – beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program – were not informed of the exact weight of the chickens given them.
But aside from supplier Foodwealth Agro-Vet Trading, city officials and offices in charge of the project also had lapses, according to OIAS.
Citing Commission on Audit (COA) Circular No. 92-386, Montaño said there should have been proper inspection of the chickens before their turnover to the beneficiaries.
The inspection team and/or the General Services Office (GSO) could have rejected outright the chickens if the TOR were not met, she stressed. (Iloilo City PIO/PN)
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