Cagayan de Oro City lawmakers start work on city's 25-year development plan
During its recent meeting, the
committee agreed to go beyond the standard and make long term plans so that the city will have a direction to
follow in the next years.
Councilor Nacaya said the plan should be the basis for the city’s
budget for different sectors.
For example, he said, if the
city decides that by 2020, the JR Borja
General Hospital will already be a tertiary hospital, there should be
corresponding budget leading to that goal
in the next years until it is finally realized.
“We must give budget for it,” he
stressed.
He added that plans will include
the integrated drainage of the city and
other sectoral concerns.
Councilor Romeo V. Calizo supported
this, saying the implementation of the plan will be on a yearly basis.
“Until we reach the picture we want
for Cagayan de Oro,” he added.
2040 horizon
According to a representative of the
CPDO, under the administration of President Duterte, local and national
government agencies are enjoined to synchronize
plans in line with the vision 2040 horizon.
Executive Order No. 5 of the
president approves and adopts the 25-year long term vision entitled Ambisyon
Natin 2040 as guide for development planning, The Power learned.
Section 4 provides that all plans of
government departments, offices and instrumentalities, including government
owned and controlled corporations (GOCC) and local government units shall be
consistent with Ambisyon Natin 2040 as guide for development planning.
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The committee requested the CPDO to
identify every sector and the personalities to be recruited per sector to help
the city in coming up with the long term plan.
He said the Annual Investment Plan,
Comprehensive Development Plan and others should be reflective of the 25-year old plan.
Councilor Nacaya said the list of
personalities to be recruited by the city will be discussed two weeks from now.
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