Ebrahim cites role of education, sports in region’s development

By Nash B. Maulana

COTABATO CITY—Bangsamoro

Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Al Hadj

Murad Ebrahim underscored Thursday the role of education and sports in the region’s continuing development.

Ebrahim welcomed sports delegates and competing teams for the weeklong Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Athletic Association at the Cotabato State University.

He put emphasis on the BARMM government’s investment in its priority appropriations of regional expenditures program for the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education in 2023.

MBHTE Minister Mohagher Iqbal said part of the region’s overall preparation for BARMMAA 2023 were the upgrading, Grandstand, sports facilities, including the 400-meter Track-and-Field oblong of the Cotabato National High School which has been assumed by CSU; the renovation of the 25 m x 10 m swimming pool;; four comfort rooms and fences of sports facilities fence. Officials said beyond the sports com-