The Municipality of Badian can now utilize its newly-completed evacuation center that would shelter vulnerable communities from 29 barangays in times of natural disasters.
Last April 22, the evacuation facility equipped with disaster tools and funded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) under the Local Government Support Fund-Assistance to the Municipalities program (LGSF-AM) was turned over to LGU Badian.
DILG-7 Regional Director Leocadio T. Trovela graced the blessing and inauguration ceremony together with DILG Cebu Province cluster head Wyndell Valle, who represented Provincial Director Jhoaden Lucero, and DILG officers Jose Meneleo Aquino and Glenda Gabuya.
Badian LGU, led by Mayor Carmencita Lumain and Vice-Mayor Fructuoso Caballero, expressed their gratitude to the Department for the said project, which is worth P11.3 million.
The project’s first phase costs P5.9 million while the second phase costs P5.3 million under the 2018 and 2019 LGSF-AM FY.
“Di namo malimtan ang inyong gidala nga serbisyo publiko sa among lungsod (we will never forget the services you bring here in our municipality),” said Caballero.
Dir. Trovela, for his part, said the project is a result of the town’s good governance.
“The AM program is not a dole-out project because the release of funds shall be subject to the compliance of the municipal government to several good governance requirements and the DILG Local Development Council Functionality Assessment,” he stressed.
“The Department ensures that these projects adhere to the national standard and policies of construction and rehabilitation in all applicable phases from project preparation to completion,” added Dir. Trovela.
On the same day, Badian also inaugurated its new Fire Department and Agriculture Office funded by the LGU.