By Sidney Russell M. Santuyo
The municipality of Ipil sought to become the regional center for Region 9 through House Bill No. 5051 filed in congress recently .
Being the geographical center of the Peninsula, the municipality of Ipil serves as the prime strategic location for the relocation of facilities, government offices and businesses, according to the proposed Bill.
Governor Wilter Yap Palma revealed this during his message at the Sebisyo Caravan led by the Provincial Task Force-End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) held in Guinoman.
Palma said , the provincial government of Zamboanga Sibugay will donate 10 hectares of land for the purpose and that it is willing to assist in the transfer of Regional Offices in the form of infrastructure and personnel compliment .
It can be recalled that Executive Order No. 429 issued by former President Corazon Aquino on October 22, 1990 made Pagadian City, Zamboanga Del Sur, the Regional Center for Region 9 while the city of Zamboanga remained the commercial and Industrial center.
"As a result, various Government Regional Offices are scattered within the Peninsula," the Bill stated, making it inefficient for the citizens to accomplish multiple transactions within agencies and "imposing additional burden to our citizens by compelling them to withstand strenuous travel conditions as well as endure lengthy travel just to conduct their own personal businesses within said offices."
According to the proposed Bill, the municipality of Ipil, being the geographical center of the Peninsula, serves as the prime strategic location for the relocation of facilities, government offices and businesses which greatly improves the accessibility of various government services and heighten the efficiency as a whole.
The bill was received in the House of the Representatives last October 2, 2019. (NBE/JPA/SRMS /PIA9-Zamboanga Sibugay)
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