ARMM ready to turn over P2-B projects to Bangsamoro gov’t

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is ready to turn over to the incoming Bangsamoro government some P2 billion worth of infrastructure projects implemented from January 2012 to September this year.

ARMM-DPWH Secretary Hadji Emil Sadain said yesterday they could finish more projects before the transition from ARMM to the Bangsamoro entity starts.

The creation of the Bangsamoro entity is part of a peace agreement signed between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front last March. 

Employees of DPWH-ARMM celebrated in Cotabato City last Monday the 24th devolution anniversary of the agency.

The personnel were aware that the celebration could be their last, owing to the possible enactment next year of the draft Bangsamoro law.

The DPWH-ARMM was adjudged last July as a top performing agency, particularly in project completion and transparent handling of infrastructure grants from the national government.

Sadain and the ARMM’s chief executive, Gov. Mujiv Hataman, established two district engineering offices using savings from the agency’s 2013 and 2014 budgets.