Misor's P3-M for good governance award will fund Negosyo Center

THE provincial government of Misamis Oriental is mulling on putting up a Negosyo Center from the money it would be receiving after bagging the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award for the second time around.

Governor Yevgeny Emano said the capitol may get around P3 million from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) which will be used for the construction of the Negosyo Center.

Emano said the Negosyo Center may rise within the capitol compound, either near the Vicente De Lara Park or at the building vacated by Regional Trial Court Branch along Luna street.

The capitol's top official said he envisions a state of the art twostorey Negosyo Center to be made up of steel as foundation covered with glass around.

The second floor will house the tourism office that will also serve as storage of products on the ground floor from the One Town One Product (OTOP) project in the province.

A LED television will be installed in a coffee shop to make it more enticing for tourists to take a visit at the Negosyo center.

"We get around P3 million and it is for the Negosyo Center. This is how I envisioned it and I hope maigo ang kwarta," Emano said.

Emano said the Negosyo Center will remind all the capitol employees of their hard work in achieving the SGLG award.

Aside from the monetary reward, the governor said the SGLG will be a come-on for more investors and draw more joint projects with the national government agencies.

"If we want to borrow money to buy equipment SGLG can be used. It can also help access more projects from the national agencies because this is our key," Emano said.

The provincial government was among the local government units in the country awarded with SGLG for 2017 after it had complied and passed the four core mandatory criteria on good financial housekeeping, social protection, disaster preparedness and peace and order and the essential assessment areas on business friendliness and competitiveness, tourism culture and the arts and environmental protection and management.

Emano has personally received the award including the SGLG plaque in Manila last week.

Emano assured that the provincial capitol and its employees will continue to sustain and maintain the best public service it could offer to protect the legacy of the hard-earned award.