Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Vincente “Bambi” B. Emano recently re-affirmed his support to strengthen the province nutrition program through beefing up the Provincial Nutrition Office with additional District Nutrition Program Coordinators and sustaining the functionality of Local Nutrition Committees. The Governor also approved the procurement of a vehicle to be used for delivery of nutrition services and monitoring and evaluation of nutrition program implementation province-wide.

The Governor also issued Executive Order GYVBE 2016-011organizing the Provincial Nutrition Cluster making it as a sub-structure of the Provincial Nutrition Committee to ensure the management of nutrition related interventions during emergencies and disasters.

MisOr also confirmed participation to this year’s round of Regional Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) with their Provincial Level Evaluation to commence in April.

These re-affirmation of commitments and support stemmed out from a courtesy call/brief meeting of NNC X thru NO III Shiella Rose C. Balbanida and NO II Princess Christine D. Tababa where the Misamis Oriental Nutrition Facts and Figures was presented to Gov. Bambi. A stronger NNC X – Misamis Oriental partnership for nutrition is anticipated.  srcb