Jokes no ‘volunteers’ to take over job, vows to pursue structural reforms

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Friday there are no takers for the job of leading the Department of Agriculture, and the people he asked to assume the post don’t want him to give up the reins.

Mr. Marcos, who has been sitting concurrently as Agriculture secretary since he assumed the presidency last year, joked that he has already asked people to volunteer for the post, but they said they did not want him to leave the department.

In receiving a sizable donation of urea fertilizer from China, the President repeated his promise of not stepping down from the DA until key structural changes are in place to ensure food security.