CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 29 (PNA) – The city government and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have agreed to push the implementation of food packaging and labeling facilities here.
The city government and the DTI signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA to implement the project under City Ordinance 12970-2015 which was approved last Monday .
Under the ordinance, the city government would appropriate Php 2 million to ensure that the program is implemented here.
The Food Packaging and Labeling Facilities of the Grassroots Participatory Budgeting (GBP) was the “Bottom–Up Budgeting” (BuB) program of the local government.
City Councilor Prexy Elipe, chair of the city council committee on finance, said that under the MOA, the DTI would be responsible for the release of the amount to make sure that the project succeeds.
He said that the DTI would also appoint the person tasked to carry out the program, submit liquidation reports according to the approved financial plan.
Elipe said that the city government would release the amount, supervise the project and provide necessary support personnel for the project. (PNA)