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Nearly half of dev’t fund unspent

By: Jose Santino S. Bunachita December 02,2015 - 01:11 AM

ALMOST half of the approved budget for Cebu City’s Local Development Fund (LDF) remained unspent.

A total of  P271.7 million out of the approved P586.6 million budget for LDF this year was  not used.

“This was already approved, but why hasn’t it been used?” said Councilor Margot Osmeña,  in yesterday’s budget hearing.

The amount was based on the Status of Appropriations, Obligations and Balances (SAOB) as of October 15.

The unspent amounts  include the renovation of  barangay health centers (P20 million), garbage collection vehicles for 80 barangays (P80 million) and livelihood programs for local development projects (P50 million), among others.

Engr. Oscar Abordo, acting secretary of the Cebu City Development Council, said the city’s engineering department is processing the program of works and estimates (POWE) of these projects. He said some  projects that were reported as not being implemented have already  been processed.  The LDF is 20 percent of the city’s P1 billion Internal Revenue Allotment share in a year.

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