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COTABATO CITY --- The Department of
the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) has witnessed the improvements of the local government units
(LGUs) during the past Calendar Year 2017.
Atty. Noor
Hafizullah Abdullah, DILG-ARMM secretary, said they haveseen the efforts of the
LGUs, most especially in improving their performances, delivery of basic
services, and in strengthening the campaign against illegal drugs, terrorism,
and violent extremism.
“In the past year,
we have managed to produce 22 Seal of Good Local Governance awardees and it’s a
big thing. Somehow, we can say that the LGUs are being competent. For 2017, in
Mindanao, the ARMM was second to Region X in producing SGLG awardees,” Secretary
Abdullah said.
Further, Secretary Abdullah said they would want to make a statement
that the LGUs in the ARMM are “competent” and are “governing.”
“Based on the
three-year governance road map we’ve made in 2016, our first focus would be the
structure of the local government units. Taking note of the things that they
have and what they don't have yet. We literally went down to the LGUs and
looked at the situation. One good example is the disaster plan. Yes, a disaster
plan is a must. Right now, we would want them to focus on Community Based
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management,” Secretary Abdullah said.
In addition Secretary
Abdullah said the second focus of the road map is the implementation of the
plans.
“For example in
the disaster plan, were they able to purchase equipment for disaster preparedness?
Were they able to train disaster officers in handling both human induced and
natural disasters? That’s what we are going to look at in 2018,” he said.
Secretary Abdullah
stressed that aside from these, they are also going to look at their
functionality in essence.
“We are targeting
a double number of SGLG awardees for this year,” he added.
Meanwhile, Secretary
Abdullah said they continue to provide support and to strengthen the Anti-Drug
Abuse Councils (ADAC) in the region to help tackle the drug problem. As of
December 2017, the Philippine National Police, Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency, and other law enforcement agencies have listed around 56,000
individuals in the ARMM who are coping with drug abuse.
“The LGUs are also
actively supporting the fight against terrorism and violent extremism. The
DILG-ARMM has issued an order to all local government units to conduct
anti-terrorism summit and to help monitor suspicious activities in their
respective areas,” he said. (GILMHAR A.
LAO– MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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