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TOP PERFORMERS. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Interior and Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo (right) hands over a check worth PHP2.3 million to a representative of one of the five local government units (LGUs) in Maguindanao that passed the eligibility criteria of the Department of Interior and Local Government's Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) 2019 on Thursday (Aug. 6, 2020). The other LGU-recipients are the municipalities of South Upi, Guindulungan, Datu Piang, Shariff Aguak, and Datu Abdullah Sangki. (Photo courtesy of BPI-BARMM)
5 Maguindanao LGUs get P2.3-M performance incentive
- Aug 11, 2020
- Albashir Saiden, PNA
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The LGU-recipients were the municipalities of South Upi, Guindulungan, Datu Piang, Shariff Aguak, and Datu Abdullah Sangki.
This was after they passed the eligibility criteria for the Department of the Interior and Local Government's (DILG) Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) 2019.
Present during Thursday's ceremony were Guindulungan Mayor Midpantao Midtimbang Jr.; South Upi Mayor Reynalbert Insular and Vice Mayor Imelda B. Estorninos; and Shariff Aguak executive secretary Anwar K. Emblawa.
Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, BARMM's interior and local government minister, said the PCF was given to LGUs that passed the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) 2019.
Among the SGLG criteria is good performance in the areas of financial administration, disaster preparedness, social protection, peace and order, business friendliness, tourism, culture and the arts, and environmental protection.
"For 2019, we awarded PHP2.3 million each to the five LGUs for the performance challenge fund because many LGUs passed the SGLG benchmarks, especially in BARMM, we ranked number one in Mindanao," Sinarimbo said.
In 2019, BARMM topped the list in Mindanao, with 28 LGUs complying with the SGLG criteria.
He said incentives for other PCF awardees in the region would soon follow.
Meanwhile, this year's SGLG awarding will be suspended, according to Sinarimbo.
“It is because the focus of (the) national government and the LGUs is diverted due to the coronavirus diseases (Covid-19) pandemic,” he said, adding that BARMM would initiate a regional award system under the “Salamat Award” for LGUs.
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