BUTUAN CITY (Feb. 14, 2014) – In a radio interview this morning, Agusan del Norte First District Representative Lawrence “Law” Fortun hinted that the scholarship program of the government, facilitated through the district constituency office, will continue and remains available to constituents of Butuan City and Las Nieves.
This is to quell unsolicited rumors that with the scrapping of the priority development assistance fund (PDAF), government scholarship programs, mostly sourced from the controversial fund, and facilitated to the congressional districts will also put to end. The solon is cognizant of the expressed concerns of students and parents and has intensely lobbied with the national government to continue the implementation of the program, as this has helped a lot of students in the past.
To cushion the impact of the new system of identifying priority projects to the congressional district, Fortun added that the district constituency office was able to synchronize efforts with the regional line agencies – giving impetus to convergence and coordination in response to much needed development initiatives of the district.
In the same interview, Fortun also proclaimed that not only the scholarship grant remains available, but it will even be expanded as well. This is to reach an even greater number of poor and equally deserving students next school year.
Lawig Katawhan 