SOCCSKSARGEN region has reported a 90.52% accomplishment rate under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) after 40 of its local government units (LGUs) successfully completed the distribution of the program’s first tranche of financial aid, Department of the Interior and Local Government XII confirmed. 

As of 7 PM on May 8, DILG XII-Operation Center confirmed 38 municipalities and two cities from the region successfully completed their respective SAP payout which include all 7 municipalities from Sarangani Province, 10 municipalities and 1 city from Sultan Kudarat, 5 municipalities from South Cotabato, and 16 municipalities and one city from Cotabato. 

DILG XII Regional Director Josephine Cabrido-Leysa, CESO III expressed gratefulness and elation over the appreciation made by no less than DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Ano on the ‘selfless acts” of Region XII, along with Navotas (Metro Manila) residents who returned or waived a huge amount of their emergency cash assistance for other low-income households. A total of P14.6-million in emergency cash has now ended up in the hands of more deserving recipients.