By Edwin Fernandez/PNA
COTABATO CITY — As an incentive for upholding good governance, 23 local government units in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) were given a total of PHP79.3-million fund by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), a local official said Saturday.
Dubbed as Performance Challenge Fund, the allotment was given to LGUs that received the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award this year, according to DILG-ARMM Secretary Noor Hafizullah Abdullah.
“The allocation may be used by the local government units (LGUs) to fund its local projects that will have good impact in terms of local governance,” Abdullah told newsmen here in an interview.
Basilan province received about PHP7 million as provincial awardee of SGLG in ARMM, while PHP3.2 million each were apportioned for the towns of Talipao, Sulu; Maluso and Sumisip in Basilan, Simunol and Sibuto in Tawi-Tawi; Wao, Taraka, Kapatagan, Buadipuso Buntong and Piagapo in Lanao del Sur; and Barira, Buldon, Matanog, Parang, Sultan Kudarat, Datu Abdullah Sangki, Guindulungan, Shariff Aguak, Datu Paglas, North Upi and South Upi in Maguindanao.
With this, Abdullah urged other local government executives to work hard and improve the delivery of services to their constituents and earn SGLG awards.
