ANGELES CITY – At least 108 job order (JOs) employees were hired by former mayor Francis “Blueboy” Nepomuceno for a project in 2010 involving the propagation and disbursement of 100 piglets, which Mayor Edgardo “Ed” Pamintuan said “many of them are ghost employees.”
“100 piglets are being directly taken cared of by 50 farm technicians.
How special are these pigs as there are more human beings used in the project than the animals?” said Pamintuan in an interview on Thursday.
“Heads will roll,” he said when asked by reporters in a press conference on Thursday about his plan on alleged illegal transactions and anomalies in the previous administration headed by Nepomuceno.
Pamintuan disclosed that Nepomuceno had allegedly maintained about 3,000 ghost employees, including those at the Women in Agriculture Program (WAP) which had a budget of P10 million derived from the funds of the Gender and Development office (GAD).
In the WAP project, 25 farm technicians, 25, assistant farm technicians, 20 administrative assistants, 23 farms workers and 15 utility workers and drivers were employed for one year beginning in January 1, 2010, according to the program of work approved by Nepomuceno and prepared by his ally, former Councilor Agapito “Pitong” Del Rosario.
At least P7.5 million would be used to pay the JOs employed for the WAP project. Some P1.55 million would be used to buy 100 piglets, supplies and materials and the training and seminar for the JOs and the intended beneficiaries.
In the same document, P1 million or 10 percent of the total budget would be used as contingency funds.
“100 piglets are being directly taken cared of by 50 farm technicians.
How special are these pigs as there are more human beings used in the project than the animals?” said Pamintuan in an interview on Thursday.
“Heads will roll,” he said when asked by reporters in a press conference on Thursday about his plan on alleged illegal transactions and anomalies in the previous administration headed by Nepomuceno.
Pamintuan disclosed that Nepomuceno had allegedly maintained about 3,000 ghost employees, including those at the Women in Agriculture Program (WAP) which had a budget of P10 million derived from the funds of the Gender and Development office (GAD).
In the WAP project, 25 farm technicians, 25, assistant farm technicians, 20 administrative assistants, 23 farms workers and 15 utility workers and drivers were employed for one year beginning in January 1, 2010, according to the program of work approved by Nepomuceno and prepared by his ally, former Councilor Agapito “Pitong” Del Rosario.
At least P7.5 million would be used to pay the JOs employed for the WAP project. Some P1.55 million would be used to buy 100 piglets, supplies and materials and the training and seminar for the JOs and the intended beneficiaries.
In the same document, P1 million or 10 percent of the total budget would be used as contingency funds.
