To prepare a year-end inventory and update of NTA real property landholdings, the members of the Assets Inventory and Management (AIM) Committee of the agency convened for the first time via online on February 18, upon the directive of Administrator/CEO Robert Victor G. Seares Jr.
According to Atty. Jun Fred V. Parado, NTA Legal Officer and focal person for AIM Committee, the meeting discussed the landholdings of the eight tobacco agencies that were merged into NTA in July 1987, and various efforts of the agency relative to assets inventory and management.
The NTA AIM Committee was created on July 3, 2019 per Special Order No. 0535 s. 2019, to implement the pertinent provisions of Executive Order Nos. 116 and 245, and the Proposed Action Plan for Inventory of NTA Properties, approved by the NTA Governing Board by virtue of Board Resolution No. 1065-2019 on May 17, 2019.
The current membership of the AIM Committee, represented by each Branch Office and each unit and department concerned with real properties, was reconstituted per Special Order No. 0555 s. 2020 dated December 29, 2020 signed by Administrator Seares.
The AIM Committee members are primarily responsible in the provision of information and updates on NTA properties. Administrator Seares has directed the Branch Offices, in a memorandum dated January 22, 2022, to submit a year-end inventory of all NTA properties within their jurisdiction, complete with evidence/s of ownership.
Deputy Administrator for Support Services (DASS) Benedicto M. Savellano also attended the meeting exercising his oversight function over the committee. He challenged the committee members to work not only in identifying and protecting NTA landholdings, but also in exploring possibilities of converting the landholdings into active incomes.
DASS Savellano joined participants from the Central Office: Atty. Parado, Reynaldo R. Aquino, Budget Officer V (Finance); and Zenaida T. Arrojo, Supply Officer V (Administrative Department), at the NTA Training Room in Quezon City.
Participants from the Branch Offices joined the meeting via Zoom. They are the Administrative Officers representing their respective Branch Managers: Felicisimo T. Lazo (Abra), Noralyn I. Idica (Vigan), Josefa P. Correo (Cagayan), Teodulo B. Benitez, Jr. (Isabela), Magdalena N. Mamuyac (Pangasinan), Orlando O. Galdones (Candon), Elaine A. Tinio (Ilocos Norte), and Albert C. Casison (La Union).
[Text and photo: Melanie Rapiz-Parel]