The administrator of the National Food Authority should quit his job as soon as possible amid a shortage of affordable NFA rice in the country, House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez said on Tuesday.

In making the suggestion to NFA Administrator Jason Aquino, Suarez cited an announcement made by the Grain Retailers Confederation of the Philippine that there is no more NFA rice supply in four regions namely Metro Manila (National Capital Region), Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon).

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