ONDO SETS TO GET NEW LCDAs
Arrangements are in top gear, as Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State asked communities to summit memoranda for the creation of Local Council Development Areas (LCDA) across the state.
The Governor posits that the Local Governments Council Development Areas become necessary as they would fast track development and bring government closer to the people at the grassroots.
Akeredolu speaking at a thank you tour to Irele in Irele Local Government area of the State, said he would soon set up committee for the creation of Local Council Development Areas in the state.
The committee, according to the Governor would accept memoranda from communities seeking for creation of Local Governments or LCDA .
He however thanked the people of the town for the support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Assembly election and asked the people to support the government so that more developmental projects would be executed in the town.
The chairman caretaker committee of lrele council area ,Hon. Odimayo Gbadebo expressed concern over the Obaship crisis in the town pleading with the governor to help facilitate the process of appointing a new traditional ruler for the town in the interest of peace.
Gbadebo however lauded the completion of the road linking lrele with Okitipupa and other neighbouring council areas of the town by the present administration, saying this will continue to attract more development to the area. While he equally commended the governor for the approval for the construction of Secretariat/ Sabomi road with asphalt overlay.
It will be recalled that the state is having eighteen (18) local government areas, with population of 3,460,877 making the state to be 18th populated state in the country out of the thirty-six (36) states including the federal capital territory.
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