Bangsamoro health and social programs to propel after the release of more than P231-Million budget by MFBM to MOH and MSSD for the Q1 of F.Y. 2024. (Photo courtesy of MOH)
COTABATO CITYโThe Bangsamoro Government released a total of ๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐๐,๐๐๐,๐๐๐.๐๐ for the Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) chargeable against the Revolving Fund mainly for the payment of salaries of workers and personnel of Nationally Funded Programs (NFPs) pending the downloading of the funds from the National Government.
Of which, ๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐๐,๐๐๐,๐๐๐.๐๐ is allotted for MSSDโs NFPs covers the payment of salaries for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), and the Ministry’s other key initiatives including the Sustainable Livelihood Program, Supplementary Feeding Program, and Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens for the first quarter of fiscal year 2024.
The MOH, however, requested Revolving Fund releases to cover its NFPs comprises the salaries of employees under Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU), Knowledge Management and Information Technology Service (KMITS), National Immunization Program (NIP), Pharmaceutical, and Field Health Service Information System (FHSIS) amounting to ๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐,๐๐๐,๐๐๐.๐๐, including the January 2024 salaries of National Health Workforce Support System amounting to ๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐,๐๐๐,๐๐๐.๐๐.
This is In accordance with Section 2 of BAA No. 36, also known as the Bangsamoro Revolving Fund Act of 2023, โ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.”
Additionally, “it ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ.โ
Moreover, this emphasizes the critical importance of timely fund allocation to optimize service delivery to the people.
Meanwhile, the MFBM’s prompt action on these requests underscores its commitment in fulfilling its mandate and continuous collaborative efforts with implementing Ministries, Offices, and Agencies (M/O/As) to uphold program effectiveness and to ensure the efficient allocation of resources for the development and welfare of the Bangsamoro. (Kasan Usop, Jr./BIO with reports from MFBM)
