23 NORMIN LGUS WIN SGLG AWARD

From 10 awarded local government units in the previous year,  Northern Mindanao surges up its number of Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) awardees this year, reaching to 23 LGU passers already. 

For the Provincial Government category, Province of Bukidnon made it to the list of awardees, along with El Salvador City and Valencia City under the City Government category. 

Further, for the Municipal Government, the following snatched the seal this year: Impasugong, Kadingilan, Pangantucan, Quezon, and San Fernando from the Province of Bukidnon; Sagay from the Province of Camiguin; Bacolod, Balo-i, Baroy, Kapatagan, Kauswagan, Sapad, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Tangcal, and Tubod from the Province of Lanao del Norte, Plaridel from the Province of Misamis Occidental; and Lugait, Medina, Salay, and Villanueva from the Province of Misamis Oriental. 

“It is the honor of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 10 that our local government units took the challenge of passing the seal this year. Despite the tougher criteria, more LGUs even won the SGLG award,” DILG 10 Regional Director Arnel M. Agabe said. 

He commended the efforts made by the LGUs, saying “beyond the recognition and incentives that the LGUs could get, being awarded with SGLG manifests that ‘good governance’ exists in their jurisdictions and they are able to provide excellent services for their consituents.” 

This year, the SGLG carries on with the “All-in” assessment criteria where the LGUs must pass all seven (7) governance areas of (a) Financial Administration, (b) Disaster Preparedness, (c) Social Protection, (d) Peace and Order, (e) Business Friendliness and Competitiveness, (f) Environmental Management and (g) Tourism, Culture and the Arts. 

For a province to qualify, ten percent (10%) of its component cities and municipalities must be passers, as per DILG MC 2019 – 44. 

“The SGLG assessment criteria continues to be upgraded and redefined to highlight the critical roles of our LGUs, so as to encourage continual improvement to the services they are providing,” RD Agabe explained. 

Moreover, he also lauded the efforts of DILG filed officers who contributed in this success. 

“We also salute our matitino, mahuhusay, at maaasahang DILG field officers who did an extra mile in preparing their LGUs for the assessment, through the support of their Provincial/City Directors,” RD Agabe said.

SGLG is a yearly award and incentive program that puts premium to integrity and good performance as it seeks to institutionalize the continuity of local governance reforms and development. It is a progressive assessment system that gives LGUs distinction for their remarkable performance across several areas (DILG MC 2019 – 44).