Two (2) officials of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) get new leadership post in two offices of NIA Region 9 – the Engineering and Operations Division (EOD) located in NIA-9 Regional Office, Balintawak, Pagadian City and the Zamboanga-Basilan-Sulu-Tawi-Tawi Regional Sub-Office (ZRSO) located in Zamboanga City.
In a significant leadership turnover ceremony presided by Regional Manager Salome N. Layasan, Engr. Antonio G. Gujeling, the former LAMISCA Irrigation Management Office (IMO) Manager, NIA Region 10 assumes the position of Acting Division Manager of EOD replacing Engr. Maritez I. Soria, who is now assigned as the Acting IMO Manager of Bohol-Cebu-Siquijor-IMO, NIA Region 7.
Meanwhile, Engr. Rex L. Armentia, the former Assistant Manager of Zamboanga del Norte Regional Sub-Office (ZDN RSO) was installed as the new Acting Manager of ZAMBASULTA RSO replacing Engr. Robert Berni L. Rada II, who is returning to his original station at the Operations Section, EOD, Region 9.
The event was attended by officials and personnel from NIA Region 9 and the send-off party of Engr. Gujeling composed of selected officials and employees of NIA-10 Regional Office in Cayagan de Oro City and from LAMISCA IMO in Opol, Misamis Oriental. The ceremony was held on July 18, 2023 at the NIA-9 Function Hall, Balintawak, Pagadian City.
With the change of leadership in these two (2) offices, the Agency is certain that Region 9 will move forward and undertake a journey that would eventually pave the way for a much-improved irrigation agency that would efficiently provide the needs of farmers in Zamboanga Peninsula as well as the islands of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi.