Ibagué
The councilor of Ibagué, Javier Mora, revealed that after a political control debate it was determined that $21 billion is missing to be able to complete the complementary works of the single-day schools which are part of the agreement signed in 2016 between the Mayor’s Office and the Educational Infrastructure Financing Fund.
Mora explained that the project that included the works of 26 mega-schools is running out of resources “Without these complementary works, there are schools that are not 100% ready to be used.“There are some with platform failures, complementary works on electrical issues,” Mora said.
At the same time he assured that “From this seat of the Liberal Party we are demanding the termination of all these projects so that the students of Ibagué can have a decent infrastructure so that they can be properly trained and not assigned.”
Currentlythere are 16 schools delivered, but complementary works are missing, construction works are being carried out in 5there is one project to start and 4 that have no budget so they will be deprioritized, among them San Simón, Mariano Melendro, Iném and José Antonio Ricaurte, the latter the Investment would be made through Findeter.
On the other hand, Mora referred to what will happen to schools for which there are no resources to develop the works “We need the Mayor’s Office to solve the issue of resources for complementary works“In the case of the deprioritized ones that are not on the FFIE agenda, they will not be started due to lack of resources, they are in limbo, although they are important schools.”
Finally, The Liberal Party councilor called on the Mayor’s Office and the Ministry of Education to invest the $21 billion required In order to continue with the works that have a cost of $32 billion, for now there are only $11 billion ($5 billion of the loan and $6 billion of financial returns).
The $11 billion that are in cash will serve to serve 11 institutions in what refers to the complementary works of educational institutions that are finished.
“The Comptroller’s Office of Tolima Management delivered a report of tax findings that were found for $800 million and we ask the Comptroller’s Office to put a magnifying glass and do an audit to have peace of mind that the resources are not going to be lost,” he pointed out.
