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NFA releases rice assistance to 25K benes

ROXAS CITY, Capiz (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) Capiz Branch Office released 12,639 bags of good quality rice to 25, 278 beneficiaries for the One-Time Grant Rice Assistance (OTRA) of government employees in the provinces of Aklan and Capiz as of June 30, 2023. 

The distribution of OTRA to government employees and workers is embodied in Administrative Order No. 02 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on December 16, 2022.

NFA Capiz Acting Branch Manager Cashmere Gemarino stated that their first recipient of the rice assistance was the Department of Science and Technology in its unit office in Aklan on April 26 this year. 

Gemarino added that since then, more than 50 offices have been contacted and served for the grant of the rice assistance. 

“NFA exerts effort in the implementation of OTRA and continues to urge our local farmers to keep on taking part in the agency’s procurement program to meet the government’s rice requirements during initiatives such as OTRA and unforeseen events like emergencies and calamities,” Gemarino noted.

Photo from NFA Capiz Branch-Office Facebook page

It can be recalled that AO No. 02 signed by President Marcos, entitles government workers and uniformed personnel including Job Order (JO) and Contract of Service (COS) personnel to 25-kilogram rice assistance from the government considering they are still in office as of November 30, 2022, and in the list of the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) beneficiaries. (AGP/PLF/PIA Capiz)

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