Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal A. Adiong, Jr. and BARMM Chief Minister Ahod “Al haj Murad” B. Ebrahim are to expand the water supply system in Marawi City using a P400 million grant from the regional coffer.
Gov. Adiong and Chief Minister Ebrahim forged a memorandum of agreement, enjoining their offices to jointly implement the project, on Saturday morning at Camp Darapanan, the headquarters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, located in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.
Chief Minister Ebrahim is the chairman of the central committee of the MILF.
The project aims to ensure the connectivity of 40 of Marawi City’s more than 90 barangays to sources of water to complement the national government’s reconstruction of dwelling enclaves ravaged by the six-month conflict in the area in 2017 that the Maute terror group instigated.
Gov. Adiong and Chief Minister Ebrahim, figurehead of the 80-member Bangsamoro parliament, signed the agreement pertaining to the project in the presence of BARMM officials, among them Minister Naguib Sinarimbo and Minister Eduard Guerra, regional local government and public works ministers, respectively.
Adiong’s younger brother, MP Zia Adiong, a member of the regional parliament, BARMM Executive Secretary Abdulraof Macacua, Lanao del Sur Provincial Board Member Atty. Allan Panolong and Mayor Akira Alonto of Marantao municipality in the province also witnessed the event.
Gov. Adiong, a first-termer governor, said he is thankful to the BARMM government for providing funds for the project.
Thousands of Marawi City residents stand to benefit from the project, according to Adiong.
“This project will make residents of Marawi City realize even more that we have a functional BARMM regional government, sensitive to the needs of its constituents in the Bangsamoro region,” Adiong said.
Marawi City, covering more than 90 barangays, is the capital of Lanao del Sur that has 39 towns.
Source: Philippine Star
