A ROXAS presidency will bring improvement even to the grassroots all year round, administration bet Manuel Roxas II promised Monday.
In his visit to the residents of Baybay City in Leyte, Roxas promised the local government officials there an allotment of P1,000 worth of development credits per person each year.
He said the residents and their local government units would be in charge of determining the needs of the area and where the funds should be used
He called his development credit program the “Walang Iwanan Fund,” a modified form of Bottoms-Up-Budgeting for LGUs.
“The fund will come here every year so that progress will be felt and progress will come,” Roxas said.
“There is betterment that can be experienced by every barangay, every family here in Baybay and in the whole country.”
The introduction of the P100-billion Walang Iwanan Fund will be calibrated to provide the needs of local government units according to their population. The higher the population of an area, the higher the fund provided for it to match the needs of the locals.
Roxas said the program aims to make the nation’s progress felt in the grassroots.
He highlighted the village officials’ role in the local government and commended them for their dedication to their duties.
“I thank you for being always at the frontline. You are the ones who first respond to our countrymen,” Roxas said.”