Buldon passes 2018 SGLG award validation

GOVERNANCE PERFORMANCE  --- Mayor Abulais Manalao and Vice Mayor Cairoden Pangunotan (seated left) of Buldon and validators from DILG central office listen on the guidelines for SGLG assessment and validation presented by the Local Government Monitoring and Evaluation Division of the DILG-ARMM. (ANNE ACOSTA – MINDANAO EXPOSE’)  

BULDON, Maguindanao --- Of the 36 municipalities in the province of Maguindanao, 27 of these passed the region-wide assessment for the 2018 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG), Regional Secretary Noor Hafizullah Abdullah Matalam of the Department of the Interior and Local Government in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DILG-ARMM) bared. One of the qualifiers is the municipality of Buldon.

The local government of Buldon underwent last August 15 the final assessment and validation by a group of validators from the DILG-National office.

These validators are Russel Adalla and Genesis Esquilona as they were assisted by the DILG-ARMM Local Government Monitoring and Evaluation Division (LGMED) Chief Fauzia Romancap Abdulla, Shariff Aguak Municipal Local Government Operations officer and SOLG Provincial Focal Person Heria P. Dalantay, and other staff and heads of DILG-ARMM.

This national and final assessment and validation is a confirmation that the LGUs in Maguindanao and the ARMM are really providing better services to their constituents in their respective localities.

The SGLG is one of the DILG’S flagship programs symbolizing integrity and good performance of LGUs through continuing governance reform and sustained local development.

It is guided by the provisions of Republic Act 716 or the local Government Code of 1991, the general Appropriations Act of 2017 and Administrative Order No.267 of 1992. It is a progressive assessment system adopted by the department to give recognition and distinction to remarkable local government performance across several areas.

In an exclusive interview by this paper, Buldon Mayor Abolais Manalao expressed hopefulness that, for the second time around, his municipality will make it again.  Last year, 2017, “we were a SGLG awardee.”

He emphasized the importance of the distinction, not only for the prizes that one could get, but “of course the popularity of being a SGLG awardee is something to be proud off... That means, this locality is working and performing well in unity or we are together hand in hand.”

“But, of course, we are also interested in the cash prize amounting to P3-M now. Last year, we received P2-M and the cash prize we got was allocated already for the construction and rehabilitation of our farm-to-market roads and other development initiatives for our locality,” he said. (ANNE ACOSTA – MINDANAO EXPOSE’)