by Noemi B. Edaga
ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 19 (PIA) –
Secretary Jesse M. Robredo of the Interior and Local Government today, handed
down Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) checks to LGUs that passed the criteria
of the Seal of Good Housekeeping, an award system designed to recognize
exemplary performance of local government units in the provinces, cities and
municipalities.
Speaking in Filipino before the local chief
executives of the Zamboanga Peninsula, Robredo called on them to formulate and
adopt disaster and climate change adaptation action plans for a disaster-free
resilient communities, saying “isa lang
yung mensahe ng maayos, matino at mahusay na pamamahala, at sa pagamit ng
paraang ito maihanda natin ang pamahalaang lokal sa anumang sakuna na posibleng
dumating sa kanya.” (there is only
one message of orderly, upright and good governance; and in this manner, we
could prepare the local government to any calamity that may possibly happen in
the locality.)
Having said this, Robredo
called on commitment of the local executives to aggressively scale up
interventions to elevate the practice of good governance that values
transparency, accountability, participation and performance into an institutionalized
status. This message, he says is the Seal of Good
Housekeeping.”
The Secretary also gave
emphasis on the Performance Based Incentive Policy which provides for an
incentive framework to rationalize national governmental transfers to LGU
towards improving LGU performance in governance and delivery of basic services.
Known as the Performance Challenge
Fund (PCF), it seeks improvement in LGU
performance by linking incentives to the achievement of a set performance
targets.
LGUs that have qualified
for the PCF subsidy intended for development of various LGU projects and are
the province of Zamboanga Sibugay and the municipalities of Titay, Diplahan,
Siay, Tungawan, Buug and Ipil of Zamboanga Sibugay; Manuel Roxas, Polanco and
Sergio Osmena of Zamboanga del Norte and the municipalities of Aurora,
Zamboanga del Sur.
DILG-9 Regional Director
Paisal Abutazil disclosed that the monitory reward for the LGU PCF recipients
are P7 million for the province of Zamboanga Sibugay and P1 million each of the
above-mentioned municipalities.
The awarding of
the Seal of Good Housekeeping and the covenant signing on Disaster Risk
reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (DRR-CCA), highlighted today’s Tapatan
on Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change Adaptation at the Grand Astoria
Hotel, this city. (NBE/PIA9)