NIA BOARD STARTS ORGANIZATIONAL REVAMP, APPROVES REASSIGNMENTS

MANILA-The NIA Board of Directors (BOD), led by Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization (PAFSAM) Secretary Francis N. Pangilinan, crafted a resolution approving the reassignment of NIA officials immediately effective in August 2014. Resolution No. 8084-14 was adopted on August 9, 2014 during the BOD’s 896^th Regular Board Meeting. This is also in line with one of NIA Administrator Florencio F. Padernal’s strategic efforts in organizational reform to optimize the agency’s performance in irrigation service delivery.

The approved reassignment of NIA officials is as follows:

NAME	PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT/DESIGNATION	NEW ASSIGNMENT
John L. Socalo	CAR	No movement
John N. Celeste	Region 11	Region 1
Mariano G. Dancel	MRIIS	No movement
Antonio C. Lara	Region 2	No movement
Reynaldo D. Puno	Region 3	UPRIIS
Josephine B. Salazar	UPRIIS	Region 3
William P. Ragodon	Region 5	Region 4A
Efren S. Roqueza	Operations Department Manager	Region 4B
Vicente R. Vicmudo	Region 1	Region 5
Gerardo P. Corsiga	Region 6 concurrent JRMP Project Manager	No movement
Mario H. Sande	Division Manager, Central Office	Region 7
Romeo G. Quiza	Region 8	No movement
Diosdado A. Rosales	Region 9	No movement
Julius S. Maquiling	Assistant Administrator	Region 10
Alejandro L. Alberca	Region 7	Region 11
Ali S. Satol	Region 12	No movement
Encarnacion S. Soriano	Caraga	No movement
Florentino R. David	Department Manager, IAS	Operations Department Manager
Guillermo R. Mercado	Division Manager, IAS	Acting Department Manager, IAS

In connection with this, an office memorandum dated August 13, 2014 was also circulated to further plaster the movements incurred by the revamp. New assignments for officials as per office memorandum are as follow:

NAME	PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT/DESIGNATION	NEW ASSIGNMENT
Dexter G. Patrocinio	BBMP	BBMP concurrent Engineering Dept. Manager
Modesto G. Membreve	Deputy Administrator	Mini-Hydro Projects and other Special Concerns
Genever M. Dionio	Legal Services	Legal Services Manager concurrent Acting Corporate Board Secretary
Conrado V. Cardenas, Jr.	Region 4B	Palawan IMO, Region 4B
Mario M. Hebreo	Palawan IMO, Region 4B	Mindoro Occidental IMO, Region 4B
Romeo M. Lopez	Region 4A	Cavite-Batangas IMO, Region 4A
Hilarion C. Cedeño	Region 10	Laguna-Rizal IMO, Region 4A
Nicasio C. Pagdanganan, Jr.	Cavite-Batangas IMO, Region 4A	Quezon IMO, Region 4A

Prior the reassignments, Resolution No. 8078-14 signed on July 12, 2014 finalized the reinstitution of Engr. Felix M. Razo as Acting Senior Deputy Administrator and designation of Engr. Erdolfo B. Domingo (former Engineering Department Manager) as Acting Deputy Administrator for Engineering and Operations.

Engr. Padernal believes that for the agency to “rise from the rubbles,” internal movement should be encouraged. He, together with other NIA officials, is beginning to review the assignments of Irrigation Management Office (IMO) Managers. He emphasizes the marching-order for government agencies to rotate the leadership of units to avoid corruption.