IRRIGATION TO RISE IN MAMASAPANO
Tukanalipao, Mamasapano will be under the government's eye again after the issue concerning the 44 SAF Commandos who bravely died in their line of duty last January. This time, Office of the Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (OPAFSAM) Secretary Francis Pangilinan, with various government officials, went there on April 16, 2015, to oversee and to jumpstart a new NIA project called the Kabulnan River Irrigation System (KRIS)-Mamasapano Extension Project.
OPAFSAM Secretary Kiko Pangilinan addresses the locals and other officials and guests during the presentation of the Kabulnan River Irrigation System (KRIS)-Mamasapano Extension Project on April 16, 2015 at Brgy. Tukanalipao, Mamasapano. With him in the photo are NIA Administrator Florencio Padernal and ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman.
Secretary Pangilinan, together with NIA Administrator Florencio F. Padernal and Deputy Administrator Estrella E. Icasiano, met initially with ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman before visiting Tukanalipao to launch the new irrigation project that will benefit the farmers. "If the people have good harvest, we can have a sound economy," said Secretary Francis Pangilinan. One hundred and thirty hectares of farm lands covering 99 families will benefit from this peace project.
