BUTUAN CITY- The National Nutrition Council Caraga served as special guests during the First Sangguniang Bayan Council Session of the Municipality of Taganaan Council on 8 November 2022 at the SB Session Hall of this town.

Officer-in-Charge, Dr. Niño Archie Labordo shared the topic on Nutrition Governance, emphasizing the functionality of the Municipal Nutrition Committee, including the need to invest in nutrition.

DILG Memo Circular 2015-19 provides for the use of Local Nutrition Committee (LNC) Functionality Checklist to identify LGUs that are functional or non-functional.

In the checklist, the key activities or core indicators on which LNC would function are: (1) capacity development for members and barangay nutrition scholars; (2) program planning; (3) delivery of nutrition services; and (4) monitoring and evaluation.

Vice Mayor and Presider Officer Cesar Ian B. Diaz appreciated the team and assured that the Council would support the nutrition programs, projects and activities in the municipality. We are excited to be part of the nutrition program implementation and how we can help improve the nutrition situation of our municipality, he added.

Meanwhile, Dr. Labordo reminded of the DILG Circular 2018-42 which all local government units shall organize, re-organize and strengthen functional local committees with the Local Chief Executive as the Chairperson.

The Council updated that recently the good Mayor Cesar B. Diaz released an Executive Order Organizing the Municipal Nutrition Committee in Taganaan.

Further, the short and concise orientation imparted the functions of Municipal Nutrition Committee and the programs, projects and activities aligned to the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition.#NASLabordo