Hon. Governor Herminia M. Ramiro signed and on June 23, 2015 Executive Order No. 35-2015 – CREATING THE PROVINCIAL NUTRITION LOBBY TEAM TO EXPEDITE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OBJECTIVES EMBODIED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.-02-2014. The Provincial Nutrition Committee is mandated as the lead implementor of the Governor’s directive and is tasked to formulate policies and guidelines, monitor and evaluate the progress of the nutrition program in the whole Province. EO No. 02-2014 was earlier issued by Gov. Ramiro creating the Provincial Nutrition Committee and calling on all municipalities and barangays to organize the same to collectively achieve set nutrition targets.

The Governor also ordered the LOBBY TEAM to closely work and coordinate with the Mayors, Punong Barangay, their respective Sanggunian and all stakeholders to fully support, reinforce, supplement and vigorously implement the provincial nutrition program. Among the pioneering work of the Lobby Team is the upcoming initial purchase of balance beam weighing scales (Detecto) to replace the bathroom weighing scales being used for the nutritional assessment of school children.

Misamis Occidental now carries the “One Province in Nutrition” movement through the issuance of the E.O 35 that will unify the efforts of all stakeholders in addressing the problem of hunger and malnutrition in the Province. Misamis Occidental, likewise, is the first Province to cascade Northern Mindanao’s social movement of “One Region in Nutrition”.hge