Aid for drug surrenderers by Lapu-Lapu gov’t to start this month
The livelihood program intended for drug surrenderers in Lapu-Lapu City will start by mid August, said Mayor Paz Radaza yesterday in her news conference.
Radaza said the City Social Welfare Services is currently completing their profiling of drug surrenderers in the city.
"Gi-target nato in the middle of August nga makasugod (ta). Gitiwas na lang nila (sa CSWS) ang profiling," Radaza said.
There are reportedly 1,400 drug personalities in the city, according to Police Senior Superintendent Rommel Cabagnot, chief of Lapu-Lapu City Police.
Radaza said only 937 are in the list of CSWS to undergo profiling.
From 937, only 300 surrenderers were able to submit themselves to the CSWS.
"Dunay about more than 600 nga wala (mopaubos). The police are the one reminding the surrenderees nga magpa-profile sa LGU. Coordinated na with the police aron motunga ang mga surrenderees," she said.
In a recent report, a social worker from the agency said that the surrenderers will need to fill out a specific form and will go through an interview.
After the interview, surrenderers can choose if they want to be placed in a rehabilitation center or be beneficiaries of a livelihood program.
The city has a "cash-for-work" program under CSWS and Lapu-Lapu City Cooperative and Livelihood Resource Center.
Radaza said other surrenderers could not be profiled by the CSWS because they had jobs to attend to.
"Naa naman kuno sila'y trabaho but it's a different thing kay we really have to profile them para makahibaw sad ta nga murag duna tay contact monitoring. Matan-aw gyud nato if they really changed," Radaza said.
Last week, Radaza expressed disappointment after receiving reports that most of the surrenderers were arrested in police buy-bust operations but went back to their old ways, despite provided help by the city government.