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Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. on Sunday called for tougher congressional scrutiny of the government’s multibillion-peso rice buffer stocking program.
“Congress must take strong action to safeguard the buffer stocking program, which is meant to keep an optimal level of rice reserves at all times for use during emergencies while providing“We are counting on the congressional oversight committee on agricultural and fisheries modernization to conduct inquiries and draw up recommendations to promote greater transparency and accountability in the buffer stocking operations,” he added.
The DFA earlier said it is launching a full audit of the NFA’s rice management practices following the controversial sale of 75,000 bags of government rice buffer stocks toAgriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. ordered the agency’s Internal Audit Service to examine all rice disposition data since 2019, the year the Rice Tariffication Law came into effect.
“We want to see if there is a pattern of rice disposition that is disadvantageous to the government,” the DA chief said.
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