Kabuntalan is SGLG awardee

KABUNTALAN, Maguindanao--- After passing all the assessment criteria, this municipal government has proven its competency after it was awarded with the 2017 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in rites held recently in Manila.

The Kabuntalan LGU, headed by Mayor DatuSalaban G. Diocolano, emerged one of the 19 municipal government awardees in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The ARMM has also one city awardee, Lamitan City.

“We are happy with our newest achievement and we could not have made this possible without the efforts of our department heads and employees. I also offer this award to our barangay officials on their unwavering support to win peaceful communities and to our populace who have been very cooperative,” Mayor Diocolanosaid.

According to the DILG, the SGLG symbolizes integrity and good performance through continuing governance reform and sustained local development. The SGLG is a progressive assessment system adopted by the Department to give distinction to remarkable local government performance across several areas.

For this year, 81 provinces, 145 cities, and 1,489 municipalities were subjected to the assessment by the DILG.

The SGLG is considered as one of the highest achievements of a local government unit. It is awarded annually by the DILG to deserving LGUs across the country that are able to meet the much stricter “4+1” assessment criteria.

This 2017, for a local government unit to be awarded the highly-coveted Seal, it needs to pass all of the four core areas: Financial Administration, Disaster Preparedness, Social Protection, and Peace and Order; and at least one  of these areas: Business-Friendliness and Competitiveness; Environmental Protection; and Tourism, Culture, and the Arts.

Along with the SGLG Marker, which stands proof of a responsible, efficient, and corruption-free governance, the SGLG 2017 recipients are also set to receive cash incentives from the DILG. The cash incentives will be used by the awardees to finance their local development projects.

The Seal of Good Local Governance is guided by the provisions of Republic Act 7160 also known as the Local Government Code of 1991, the General Appropriations Act of 2017, and Administrative Order No. 267 of 1992. (GILMHAR A. LAO & ANNE ACOSTA - MINDANAO EXPOSE’)