ZAMBOANGA CITY — Local politicians are using the National Food Authority’s (NFA) distribution of rice in the countryside to suggest that they helped solve the shortage of the staple in the area. ADVERTISEMENT“Now they want to show they are solving the crisis by helping the NFA sell government rice to the poor? Now, they participate in the Tagpuan sa Barangay events as if they had a part in solving the rice shortage, the professor added. Elimar Rigindin, provincial manager of NFA Zamboanga, said his office did not invite city or village officials to join the rice selling programs. Rigindin said there would no longer be a rice shortage in Zamboanga in the coming months, as the NFA had enough stocks to last until 2019.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 22, 2018 21:44 UTC