Seal award a testament of city’s good governance

THE Seal of Good Local governance is a testament to the good governance under Byaheng D030 platform of the administration of Davao City Mayor Inday-Sara Z.Duterte-Carpio, an official said.

Davao City administrator Zuleika Lopez, in an interview yesterday, lauded the Seal of Good Local Governance that was bagged by the city for the fourth time.

“We are very happy. The mayor is very happy. On behalf of the city government of Davao we wish to share this award to everyone because it is really a testament to the good governance being affected by the Byaheng D030 administration particularly in the fields of financial administration and accountability for disaster preparedness,” she said.

Byaheng D030 under the administration of Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte is a three-year initiative of at least 30 doable and meaningful

projects starting 2016.

These priorities are Poverty Alleviation, Infrastructure Development, Solid Waste Management, Education, Health, Agriculture, Tourism, Transportation Planning and Traffic Management, Peace and Order, and Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation.

Lopez said that the SGLG award is a recognition the city wishes to sustain, not just this year but the years to come.

“We do congratulate everyone. It is something that the city government can do alone. We need support from the citizens of Davao so maraming salamat po.”

Davao City was announced to be among the 60 LGUs in the country that passed the validation of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

The mayor, in a report, thanked all the government offices of the city for their efforts to get the award. KVC (For full story visit www.sunstar.com. ph/davao/)