MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 15 (PIA) --- The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) government will be providing P500,000 monthly financial aid this year to each of the 12 municipalities in the region that do not have internal revenue allotment (IRA).
ARMM executive secretary Laisa Alamia said the financial aid is intended to help the local government units (LGUs) improve their performance and fast-track government programs and projects in the region.
A total of P72 million has been included by the present ARMM administration in its budget for this year to support the 12 towns.
These towns include Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Datu Hoffer, Datu Salibo, Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Datu Blah Sinsuat, Mangudadatu, Pandag, and Northern Kabuntalan in the province of Maguindanao as well as Akbar, Al-Barka, Hadji Muhtamad, and Hadji Mohammad Ajul in the province of Basilan.
These towns have been established by virtue of regional legislations but failed to meet the criteria set for municipalities under Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991.
The discrepancy has disqualified these regionally -created towns from receiving IRA. (Bureau of Public Information-ARMM/APB/PIA-10)
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