LGUs got 58B from nat’l government in 9 years, apart from IRA
By Jesus Llanto
Monday, 22 October 2007
Since 1992, when local government units (LGUs) started receiving properly computed and regularly released shares in the internal revenue allotments (IRA), several more funds have been put up supposedly to help LGUs keep up with the demands of decentralization.
We estimate that from 1998 to 2006, LGUs benefited from at least P58.82 billion in other allocations from the national government, or so-called “non-IRA funds.” (Click here for the allocations from 1998 to 2006)
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