By
Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
Laoag City—The Department of Interior and Local Government and the
different church groups in Ilocos Norte are ready to hunt for ghost projects
should they exist in Ilocos Norte’s 557 barangays.
Acting
DILG provincial director Roger Daquioag said the program dubbed “Ugnayan ng
Barangay at Simbahan” or UBAS is a partnership between the barangays and
parishes to pool resources and synchronize efforts in the advocacy of good
governance and discourage the presence of the so-called ghost projects in the
community.
Set
to be launched at the DILG-Region 1 before the year ends, Mr. Daquioag said
they are now currently coordinating with church leaders here for the conduct of
an orientation about the specific implementation of the program to have a
systematic reporting scheme.
After
the launching at the regional level, the program will soon follow suit at
province, city and municipal levels.
“This
is a good development so that we can monitor projects mostly located in the
barangays through partnership between the DILG and the church,” he said.
Unlike
in previous years when complainants would go directly to the national level, Mr.
Daquioag said the complaints regarding projects in the barangays may now be
validated at the local level through the UBAS.
Aligned
to the call of the Aquino administration in advocating participation of various
sectors in the community to promote transparency, responsibility,
accountability and honesty in governance at the local level, local officials
and the church have welcomed this initiative and expressed full support to the
program.
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