Butuan City- Liga ng mga Barangay President and Chairperson of the Barangay Nutrition Committee, Hon. Gemma P. Tabada of Barangay Baan Km. 3 of this city shared her statement of support on behalf of the Punong Barangays to find innovative means for nutrition program implementation during the Caraga Regional Dialogue with Punong Barangays: Enabling Nutrition Devolution on 7 December 2021 via Zoom Conferencing.

Hon. Tabada who is leading the 86 punong barangays in Butuan City expressed commitment to improve nutrition situation in each of the barangays and local government units in the region.

Being in public service for a quite some time, Hon. Tabada urged other local government units to create and pass ordinances for the benefit of the Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) and Barangay Health Workers (BHW). She mentioned that in her term, an increased amount of honorarium has been provided for the BNSs, BHWs and other health care workers.

As the implementation of Mandanas-Garcia ruling comes 2022 and forward, the good ABC President encourages the LGUs to include in their transition devolution plan the creation of nutrition office with staff so that there is focus on nutrition program management. She added that there is opportunity in the Mandanas-Garcia implementation, and so the planning team should cooperate and collaborate to lay better plans.

The conduct of the Regional Virtual Dialogue is strategy to further enhance the awareness of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) in the barangay and further invest in nutrition in light with the implementation of the Mandanas-Garcia Supreme Court Ruling in 2022.

The Sanggunian member and Liga ng mga Barangay President, Hon. Gemma P. Tabada is handling the Committee on Barangay Development and Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Welfare in Butuan City.#NASLabordo