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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2 -
TRANSFERRING THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
WHEREAS,
the new government is committed to pursue a policy of agricultural
development so as to provide adequate and continuous food supply to the
nation;
WHEREAS, basic food sufficiency will be assured only if the grains
industry, inclusive of the procurement, storage and marketing of rice,
corn and other grains, receives the support mechanism and attention it
deserves.
WHEREAS, the National Food Authority (NFA), the agency particularly
tasked to assure the adequacy of food supply, must be strengthened to
enhance its efficiency in the performance of its primary task;
WHEREAS, there is therefore an immediate need to transfer the NFA from
the Department of Agriculture to the Office of the President to enable
the NFA to pursue its mandate more effectively and expeditiously;
WHEREAS, Sec. 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of Executive No.
292, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1997, provides
continuing authority to the President to reorganize the administrative
structure of the Office of the President;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Sec. 4.
Sec. 5. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 13th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Eight.
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