Majority of LGUs using electronic systems – Abalos
LOCAL Government Secretary Benhur Abalos yesterday said that the majority of the localities in the country are now into electronic systems making the processing of business permits and licenses a lot easier.
According to Abalos, 921 out of the 1,634 cities and municipalities nationwide are digitalize in response to President Marcos Jr.’s directive to speed up transactions in all local offices.
“Like what President Marcos had said, digital transformation is key for the country’s full economic recovery. Susi po ito para mapaunlad ang ating ekonomiya at mapabilis ang proseso lalong-lalo na sa pagkuha ng business permits at licenses,” he said.
The DILG chief also noted that the digitalization of LGU frontline services helped increase total revenue collection to P288 billion from P50 billion in 2018.
Of the 921 LGUs, 799 employ the Electronic Local Government Unit or the eLGU system, while 122 localities have their innovative systems.
The eLGU platform is among the vital components of the Gov.PH Super App that was developed by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).
To attain the Marcos administration’s target of 100% full digitalization of LGU frontline services, the DILG, DICT and the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), are jointly working and assessing the capabilities of every LGU in integrating online services in their processes.
They plan to employ the eLGU system in 240 more LGUs this year.
