COTABATO CITY – Some 110 farmers in the province of Tawi-Tawi will now be able to till a land of their own as they received their certificates of land ownership award (CLOA) from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) during a ceremony held on March 13.
The distribution of 100 CLOAs to 110 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) covers a total of 318.1282 hectares. The ARBs are from the barangays of Balimbing and Parangan in Panglima Sugala town.
MAFAR Minister Mohammad Yacob said that with the existence of the CLOAs, the farmers completely secure ownership over the lands and may develop them with the ministryโs support and interventions.
โWe, from MAFAR, thought that one of our top priorities is Agrarian Reform Program. I am always looking forward that someday all farmers in the region will be given lands because we believe na hindi po farmer ang mga tao na walang lupa,โ Minister Yacob said.
โSinasabi po namin palagi na hindi po kayo isang organisasyon o grupo lamang, kundi kayo po ay aming mga partners for development. Hindi po matutupad and vision ng BARMM kung hindi po sa inyong participation as a partner in the development of our region,โ he told the beneficiaries.
Joining Yacob during the CLOAs distribution ceremony were
๐ฃ๐พ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ฑ๐พ๐ฟ๐๐๐ (๐ฃ๐ ๐ฑ) ๐ด๐๐ฝ๐พ๐๐๐พ๐ผ๐๐พ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฝ๐บ๐๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐บ ๐ฒ๐บ๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐บ๐, ๐ฏ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ ๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐บ ๐ต๐๐ผ๐พ ๐ฌ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐. ๐ฃ๐บ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐บ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐๐บ๐ ๐, and MAFAR ๐ฃ๐๐๐พ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐พ ๐ก๐บ๐๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ฑ๐พ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐๐๐ผ๐พ๐ ๐ฃ๐. ๐ณ๐บ๐๐๐บn ๐ช๐๐๐บ๐, P๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐บ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐พ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐. ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐บ๐๐ and ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐ฑ๐พ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐ค๐๐๐. ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ .
In her address, Usec. Sangcopan stated, โThe ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐’๐ ๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐บ๐๐ผ๐พ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐พ๐๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐.โ
Sangcopan urged the recipients to not sell or pawn the lands awarded to them. She further explained that the CLOA will serve as a legal proof that they are the true owners of their lands.
Meanwhile, Vice Mayor Sahali expressed her gratitude to MAFAR for having her constituents being selected as CLOA recipients.ย She said receiving the land titles before the Holy Month of Ramadan begins is a great honor and privilege. (Kasan Usop, Jr./BIO with reports from MAFAR)
