By Edwin Fernandez
COTABATO CITY – The municipality of Talayan in Maguindanao will soon have a new town hall courtesy of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) government, officials said Monday.
Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, BARMM interior and local government minister, said a groundbreaking ceremony was held Sunday afternoon for the construction of a PHP25.7-million two-storey town hall in Barangay Poblacion.
“It was BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim himself who led the groundbreaking ceremony,” Sinarimbo said, adding that Ebrahim was accompanied by Mayor Ali Midtimbang to the event.
The project is funded by the BARMM Office of the Chief Minister and is being implemented by the region’s Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG).
Sinarimbo said the project aims to contribute to better governance in the local government units by providing them with a permanent and more accessible government center where people can access government services.
“The MILG is also set to build town halls for other LGUs in the region,” he said.
The BARMM comprises the cities of Marawi, Lamitan, and Cotabato; the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, and Basilan; and 63 villages in six towns of North Cotabato province.
The buildings, Sinarimbo noted, will symbolize the foundation of cooperation of the BARMM government and LGUs in the region.
“That hope is founded on our unwavering belief that the cooperation between the LGUs and the regional government would result in better services for our people,” he said.
Ebrahim said the BARMM government will continue to develop programs and projects, especially infrastructures, which will be implemented in every town across the region.
“We have already prepared a line-up for all projects of various offices, that is why we seek for extension of the transition period,” he said, referring to the change in the form of government from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to BARMM.
BARMM officials earlier requested Malacañang and Congress to extend the end of the transition period of the region from 2022 to 2025.
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