To fight El Niño: NIA asks House to restore P90-B budget that DBM slashed
MANILA, Philippines — The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has asked the House of Representatives to restore the around P90-billion worth of funding that was removed in the proposed 2024 budget, claiming that it would be crucial to ensuring food security and preparing for the El Nio season. Letters sent by NIA Acting Administrator Eduardo Guillen to House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez — copies of which were released to House reporters on Thursday — showed the NIA head is asking for the restoration of their proposal of a P132.3 million budget for 2024. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM), which prepares the National Expenditures Program (NEP), alloca…
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