{"id":160280,"date":"2018-04-17T03:27:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T07:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=160280"},"modified":"2025-01-18T10:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T15:49:59","slug":"duterte-wont-abolish-nfa-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/17\/duterte-wont-abolish-nfa-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte won\u2019t abolish NFA Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/duterte-3_5ac2e9d5c49c10_44680058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160281\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/duterte-3_5ac2e9d5c49c10_44680058.jpg\" alt=\"duterte 3_5ac2e9d5c49c10_44680058\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo R. Duterte would not scrap the inter-agency National Food Authority Council (NFA), his spokesperson said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NFA Council will not be abolished,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this clarification a day after Duterte presided a meeting with the NFA Council.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zithromax online <a href=\"https:\/\/simpsonmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zithromax.html\">https:\/\/simpsonmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zithromax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pi\u00f1ol earlier said Duterte disclosed his decision to abolish the NFA Council but Roque neither confirmed nor denied the abolition order.<\/p>\n<p>Although the NFA Council would not be abolished, Roque said that it would be reorganized.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said that it was also discussed in the meeting that council member, the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), requested to be relieved from the NFA Council, so that it would be able to focus on its other projects.<\/p>\n<p>According to Roque, the Chief Executive has approved DBP&#8217;s request.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Roque said that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) would take the place of DBP.<\/p>\n<p>NFA to return to DA<\/p>\n<p>Roque, meanwhile, confirmed Pi\u00f1ol\u2019s claim that Duterte indeed wanted the NFA to return as an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NFA, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), and the Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority (FPA) will be made attached agencies of the Department of Agriculture (DA),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy xenical online <a href=\"https:\/\/simpsonmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/xenical.html\">https:\/\/simpsonmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/xenical.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Four years ago during the Aquino administration, the NFA, PCA and the FPA were placed under the Office of the President.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Roque also confirmed that Duterte has given the NFA authority to import 250,000 metric tons of rice through government to government (G2G) mode to replenish the rice inventory.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy bactrim online <a href=\"https:\/\/simpsonmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/bactrim.html\">https:\/\/simpsonmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/bactrim.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Imported rice is also expected to arrive soon, he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said that subsequent importation is to be done by government to private (G2P) or auction and importation would be implemented\/supervised by the Executive Council Committee headed by the OP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo R. 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