CABANATUAN CITY – The National Irrigation administration implemented on Friday a revamp affecting at least 15 ranking officials including its operations manager for the Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA-UPRIIS) which operates the Pantabangan Dam.
Engr. Reynaldo Puno, NIA-UPRIIS operations manager, was designated regional manager for Central Luzon, replacing Engr. Manule Collado who was assigned to Region 1.
Puno’s post will be taken over by Josephine Salazar who comes from the NIA-RIIS Division 3.
Engr. Antonio Nangel, NIA administrator, said the reshuffle is meant to vigorously implement the rice-self sufficiency program (RSSP) and Food self-sufficiency program (FSSR) of President Aquino.
The revamp also affected three officials from the NIA central office, eight regional managers, one operation manager and one project manager.
Nangel said the redistribution of subordinate NIA personnel is also intended to better achieve the mission, vision and objectives of NIA as spelled out by President Aquino and Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala.
President Aquino ordered the reshuffling after NIA accomplished only 25 percent of its target of 30,958 hectares while spending over 60 percent of its P14.88 billion budget.
Relieved in the NIA central office through Board of Directors Resolution 7708-11 were Deputy Administrator for Engineering and Operations Democratico Grana Jr., Internal Audit Services Department Manager Robert Suguitan, Operations department Manager Gregorio Dumandan and Region 7 Engineering and Operations Division Manager Dexter Patrocinio.
Grana was designated as overall chief of the project inspectorate and advisory group. He was replaced by Suguitan whose post was taken over by Dumandan who in turn was succeeded by Patrocinio.
Also replaced were regional managers John Celeste (Region 1), Manuel Collado (Region 3), Efren Roqueza (Region 4-A), Modesto Membreve (Region 7), Alberto Lacuaren (Region 9), Julius Maquiling (Region 10), Felix Razo (Region 11) and Alejandro Aberca (Region 13); operation managers Mariano Dancel and Reynaldo Puno and Project Manager Reinerio Irinco.
Celeste was designated RSSP manager for Northern Luzon and was replaced by Collado whose post was taken over by Puno. Puno’s post as operations manager of the UPRIIS, the operator of the Pantabangan Dam, was taken over by Division Manager Josephine Salazar.
Roqueza was named RSSP area manager for Visayas and was replaced by Romeo Anonuevo. Membreve took the place of Aberca who replaced Lacuaren. Membreve was replaced by Diosdado Rosales. Maquiling swapped posts with Razo.
Dancel, operations manager of the Magat River Integrated Irrigation Systems, the second largest irrigation system, was reassigned as RSSP area manager for southern Luzon and was replaced by Helsy Bermudez, division manager of Region 1.
Irinco, project manager of the Help for Catubig Agricultural Advancement Project, was named RSSP staff under the Office of the Administrator, and was replaced by Amadeo Montejo.
