NIA Central Office – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos, Jr. appointed former Piddig town Mayor Eduardo “Eddie” Guillen as the new Acting Administrator and Member of the Board of Directors of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) on December 9, 2022 at the Malacañang Palace, San Miguel, Manila.
Administrator Guillen took his Oath of Office before Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin as the new NIA Acting Administrator, vice Benny D. Antiporda. Before being appointed as NIA Acting Administrator, he served as the municipal mayor of Piddig, Ilocos Norte which was included in this year’s Top 10 Performing Local Government Units. He holds a Civil Engineering degree from the Mapua Institute of Technology and also studied Strategic Business Economics at the University of Asia and the Pacific.