National Food Authority (NFA) head Lito Banayo says the country may have to import rice in the first quarter of this year to ensure ample stocks should La Nina reduce global grain production and affect prices.
Before he does that, he had better have JUSTIFIABLE explanations to a lot of factors and concerns to us taxpayers.
BUWIS NATIN, ang ipambabayad sa bibilhing bigas na iyon.
Banayo must first render a DETAILED accounting or audit of what has happened to the supposedly over-importations of rice during the previous Administration, as claimed by no less than President Aquino himself in his State-of-the-nation Address.
He must first show that these purported over-supply is gone, or will not last long enough to meet the people’s requirements. There must be proof that these had been disposed of judiciously and without irregularities.
Kailangan ding ipaliwanag ni Banayo kung ilan pa bang sako ang natitirang supply, hanggang kalian lang tatatagal ito at gaano lang ba karami ang inaasahang aanihin sa buong bansa at ano ang basehan nito.
Third, how many tons will be imported, for what areas and what is the basis for the allocation.
Banayo did not give these details in published reports wherein he revealed the possibility of the first-quarter importation of rice. All he said was the generic justification that “we want to lock in our requirements as early as possible. We don't have the volume yet,"
Consider this, guys: the lean months of crop production are from July to September.
But Banayo is already talking of importation, even if it’s just a possibility as he says, as early as the first quarter. That would be from this month until March, at the latest.
It’s still six months away to July, and eight months away to September.
MASYADONG MAAGA naman yata para ibabala agad ang importation.
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