The Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) Socio-Economic Office-Quick Impact Project (QIP) led the turnover ceremony of two multipurpose hall buildings in the Barangays of Pamintayan in Buug and Datu Tumanggong in Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay province on October 22 and 23, 2015, respectively.
The
project is under the Comprehensive Capacity Development Project for the
Bangsamoro (CCDP-B) Public Service Delivery component, a partnership program of
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), BTC and the Bangsamoro
Development Agency (BDA) in coordination with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF).
In a
turnover ceremony held at Datu Tumanggong, Engr. Muharin Ali, BTC-SEO CCDP-B
Project Director said “This is the first in the Bangsamoro history that a
project was endorsed by the MILF leadership that makes our constituents; the
Bangsamoro people feel that the peace process is moving.”
“Hopefully
if BBL is passed and eventually we will have our own government, there shall be
more projects in all the Bangsamoro communities,” he added.
Engr. Ali
also assured communities outside the proposed Bangsamoro area not to lose hope
as the Philippine Government as well as the proposed Bangsamoro government are
committed to help them.
Engr. Ali
is hoping that the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will be passed this year. “The
government under President PNoy have not given up in pushing for the passage of
BBL,” he pointed out.
Engr. Ali was
accompanied by CCDP-B Project Manager Dr Norodin Salam and this writer, who is
the Project Coordinators for Human Resource Development, Public Service
Delivery, Bangsamoro Development Plan, and Institutional and Organizational Building
Meantime,
the BDA was represented by Project Management Officer Engineer Aida Silongan
who talked on the QIP background and objectives during the brief
ceremony.
“These
Quick Impact Projects are results of a meeting between the MILF Chair Al-hadj
Murad Ebrahim and JICA President Akihiko Tanaka after the signing of
Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) on March 28, 2014 where they
agreed to implement this kind of project for the Bangsamoro community so that
they can to feel the dividends of peace,” Engr. Silongan disclosed.
Engr.
Silongan said that on April 21, 2014, the JICA Headquarters and BTC signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Manila
She
requested the residents and the assigned peoples’ organization to take care of
the building and use it for community activities. Engr. Silongan is also with BDA Zamboanga
Peninsula
JICA
representative and QIP project officer Kasan “Jun” Usop Jr read the message of
JICA President Tanaka and JICA-CPO head and chief leader Naoyuki Ochiai.
In the said
message, JICA reiterated its commitment to help and support the Bangsamoro
communities even without the BBL.
The local government units of the
Public
Service Delivery Project Coordinator Nomaire Mustapaha said that other
infrastructure projects under QIP will be turned-over in the next succeeding
months. He also thanks the Dawing Construction who constructed the
multi-purpose building in Zamboanga Sibugay, the LGUs, PNP, Military, CCCH and
the MILF.
Last August
24, a 2-clasroom school building was also turned-over to residents and teachers
of Kibleg, North Upi, Maguindanao where JICA President Tanaka and BTC Chairman,
MILF peace panel Chief Mohagher Iqbal graced the event.
As part of
confidence building, the JICA poured-in1.2 Billion Yen for the QIPs under the
Comprehensive Capacity Development Project for the Bangsamoro.
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