CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The local government has designated some 300 disbursing officers to help distribute cash aid to families affected by the implementation of the stricter Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) here due to the spike in Covid-19 cases.
“Musugod ang atong financial assistance, I hope daghan sa atong mga empleyado mo-volunteer. Pinakagamay nga disbursing officer nga atong ma-mobilize karon is 300, kon puede 500 nga disbursing officer. The more, the better because, can you imagine, mag-distribute ka house-to-house? Dili sayon na,” said Acting City Administrator Teddy Sabuga-a.
He said Mayor Oscar Moreno signed an agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the implementation of the cash aid program. The City Council approved an ordinance authorizing Moreno to sign the agreement with DSWD.
“We have a 15-day time frame to distribute the cash assistance to the beneficiaries. Last time the city received 130,000 slots for the SAP (Social Amelioration Program) cash aid and it took us almost a month to
finish the cash distribution. We had people line up in gyms for the cash aid
program so this is a big challenge for us,” Sabuga-a said.
He said the local government will coordinate with the police and
the military to ensure security and monitoring of compliance to public health protocols during the cash distribution.
Sabuga-a said about 9,950 family food packs were distributed
to employees who lost their jobs at the onset of the ECQ. The companies that closed were also tapped to distribute the family food packs to their former employees.
The Department of Health said over a dozen Delta variant cases had been reported here and was likely the cause of the spike in Covid-19 infections. The variant was first detected in India and has spread around the world. (Mindanao Examiner)
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