LAGAWE, Ifugao (PIA) - - The local chief executive here restructured the Kiphodan Nutri-Eskwela Community Radio Council (KNECRC) to ensure smooth management of this town’s community radio.

The reorganization was made after some of its   members have been re-assigned or transferred to other work designations that affected the council’s functionality.

“The situation warrants the reorganization of the membership in order to provide the radio station and the public with efficient and effective programs and services,” Mayor Martin Habawel, Jr. stated in his order.

The council is now chaired by Mayor Habawel with the designated Municipal Nutrition Action Officer as Vice Chairperson. There are 16 members composed of the different department heads of the Local Government Unit (LGU) and representatives from the academe, national line agencies and the private sector.

The KNECRC will work to create policies and major decisions and monitor the implementation with respect to the programming and operation of the KNECRC, plan related activities of the council and the radio station office, and conduct assessment and evaluate the target activities of the radio station.

It will work on the implementation of issues and concerns and agreement stipulated in the memorandum of agreement between the local government unit and the National Nutrition Council and submit reports to the local chief executive.

It will also come up with recommendations pertaining to the management of staff, activities, and operations of the community radio station.

The Radyo Kiphodan 99.1 FM managed by LGU-Lagawe is among the 50 Nutriskwela community radio stations   established by the National Nutrition Council  nationwide to empower communities through dissemination of correct and up-to-date nutrition and health information, and other educational and developmental information. (JDP/MBL- PIA CAR, Ifugao)