1 sack of rice and P1,000 for every Zamboangueño family: Mayor Beng

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Beng Climaco on Wednesday said the local government will ask the City Council for additional budget to be able to feed more residents affected by the strict enhanced community quarantine here due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

 

She said the proposed budget will be used to augment the second wave of allocation of relief assistance - one sack of 25-kilo rice - to all households. And one-time financial assistance worth P1,000 for their water and electricity bills.

“The proposed budget to augment present allocation of welfare goods to cover for the second wave of assistance which will provide this time, all households with 1 sack of rice (25 kilos) and one-time utility assistance in the amount of P500 for water bills and another P500 for electricity bills for every residential consumer. This is to ensure the welfare and well-being of every Zamboangueño family while we remain committed in the fight against Covid-19,” Climaco, who heads the local task force on Covid-19, said.

Climaco did not say how much is the local government proposing for its additional budget, but this was also recommended by the task force and other stakeholders.

The first wave of relief assistance by the local government though the Zamboanga City Social Welfare and Development Office - comprising of rice, canned goods, noodles and vitamins – benefited a total of 178,615 households in all 98 villages.

The distribution of food packs was on top of the P5,000 emergency cash assistance received by each family from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Special Amelioration Program in collaboration with the local government that targeted the poorest of the poor. (Zamboanga Post)

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