Aclan farmer-beneficiaries receive land titles from DAR

By Gil E. Miranda

BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 19 (PIA) - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Agusan del Norte has recently distributed 136 hectares of farmlands in Barangay Aclan, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte to 75 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) held at Aclan covered court on September 13.

Nasipit Mayor Enrico R. Corvera handed out the Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs) assisted by Aquino W. Gambe, on behalf of Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba; DAR Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Andre B. Atega; Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer Lolita V. Empanado, and Aclan Barangay Chairman Bobby L. Nanol.

Atega congratulated the farmer-beneficiaries and encouraged them to take care and work hard to progressively develop the land they now owned.

Meanwhile, Mayor Corvera commended DAR for intensifying land distribution and congratulated the new landowners and urged them to fully develop the land and pay their obligation to the local government.

Nanol, meanwhile commented that farmer-beneficiaries were very grateful for the land that they have been cultivating are now their own. (NCLM/DAR-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)