Ecija, 21 towns, 3 cities pass DILG’s Good Financial Housekeeping for 2021
CABANATUAN CITY – Nueva Ecija including 21 towns and three cities of the province passed the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) standards for Good Financial Housekeeping (GFH) for 2021.
According to a list released by the DILG’s Bureau of Local Government Supervision-Local Governance Performance Management Division (BLGS-LGPMD) headed by director Vivian P. Suansing, the overall lead in the project implementation, Nueva Ecija, led by Gov. Aurelio M. Umali, was one among the seven provinces in Central Luzon which passed the GFH standards for 2021.
Also included in the GFH passers’ list were three of five cities of the province — Cabanatuan, San Jose and Muñoz.
The 21 municipal governments that also passed the GFH criteria were Bongabon, Cabiao, Carranglan, Cuyapo, Gabaldon, General Tinio, Guimba, Laur, Licab, Llanera, Nampicuan, Quezon, Rizal, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Leonardo, Sta. Rosa, Sto. Domingo, Talavera, Zaragoza at Pantabangan.
The GFH, formerly called the Seal of Good Housekeeping, refers to the compliance of the LGU with the prescribed accounting and auditing standards and certain rules and regulations.
The GFH was aimed to foster transparency and accountability among the LGUs.
To pass GFH standards, the LGUs must receive qualified and unqualified opinion from the Commission on Audit (COA) and have complied with the full disclosure policy of local budget and finances, the bids and public offerings posting in three conspicuous places and in the agency’s Full Disclosure Policy Portal.
