05/11/2024
Pang Senator kana sana Sec.
"I'm Running For Governor,
Here Are My Credentials!"
Since I am applying for the job of Governor of North Cotabato, I believe it is just proper to present my credentials and accomplishments for review of my future employers, the people of my province.
The Curriculum Vitae showing my academic credentials and work experience which I am attaching to this post, however, does not include many other important achievements which I am enumerating hereunder.
1. First and Only Filipino Agriculture Secretary to be elected Chairperson of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Session from 2017 to 2019 and Presided over the 40th Session on Food Security in Rome attended by Presidents, Heads of Governments and Agriculture Ministers from all over the world;
2. Only Cabinet Secretary under President Rodrigo Duterte who voluntarily submitted to a Lifestyle Check by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission and after 7 months of scrutiny received a certification that I had no hidden or unexplained wealth.
In addition to these distinctions, I can also proudly claim that I have conceptualized and designed innovative programs in government starting when I was Mayor of Mlang, Governor of North Cotabato, Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority.
The most prominent of the programs I personally designed is the SAAD or Special Area for Agriculture Development, now a banner program of the Dept. of Agriculture which implements location specific and beneficiary-initiated productivity and poverty alleviation projects.
The SAAD Program was acknowledged by the both the Philippine Statistics Authority and the National Economic Development Authority as one of the most effective poverty alleviation programs of government.
My stint in government was highlighted by innovations which I conceptualized, designed and implemented, some of which received national awards like the Galing Pook.
In future posts, I will enumerate all of these innovations which I proudly claim were products of my experience as a hands-on government official.
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