Transparency, where the citizenry is fully informed of the affairs of its government is one of the very basic principles in public management that help propels the realization of the quest for good local governance.

It is really so, as it does not only recognize and respect the basic constitutional right of the governed to correct and right information on public affairs but it also encourages the active participation of the former in local governance.

In fact, transparency, is the very principle that under currently lies in the historic and popular-quoted contention of the US President Abraham Lincoln that "government is of the people, by the people and for the people".

If such indeed is the case, the citizenry, being the central reason and purpose of the establishment of a government, must have to be duly informed; so that by doing, it shall know if its government is functioning for its general welfare. It flows from this stand point that government, as Mr. Daniel Webster, a U.S. Lawyer, politician, and orator must have to be answerable to its people.

It is believed and subscribed to that through transparent local governance, the citizenry is made to feel that it is very important and indispensable in the attainment of the mission-vision and developmental goals and objectives of its political organizational unit. Consequently, with the recognition of its significance and indispensability, it is able to realize the vital roles it is to decisively play in local development.