Fayemi Establishes Committee to Facilitate Effective Takeoff Of LCDA

.........Committee to submit implementation plan in 3 months.

The Governor of Ekiti State Dr. John Kayode Fayemi today announced the establishment of an inter-ministerial implementation committee to oversee the creation of Local Council Development Areas in Ekiti State. 

Governor Fayemi made this disclosure while receiving the report of the Committee for the Creation of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Ekiti State.

While making the announcement today in Ado-Ekiti, the Governor stated that, “Our continued quest to meet the yearnings of our people and desire to fulfil our electoral promises informed the decision to revisit the creation of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) from the existing Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the State.

“To achieve this in concrete terms, I am today announcing the establishment of an Inter Ministerial Committee to oversee the implementation of this process.”

The inter-ministerial committee will be chaired by the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda.Members are: Akintunde Oyebode, Honourable Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Prof. Adio Afolayan, Commissioner for Local Government Affairs.

Other members are Alhaja Maryam Ogunlade, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Samuel Abejide, Chairman, Local Government Service Commission, Prof. Bolaji Aluko, DIrector General/Special Adviser, Office of Transformation, Strategy and Development, Dr. Kolade Amire, Chairman, ALGON and Mrs Sola Gbenga-Igotun, who will act as Secretary to the Committee.

The committee’s terms of reference are

1. To review the report of the LCDA Committee and propose; 

a) An appropriate legal framework for the establishment of the proposed LCDAs

b) A framework for the distribution of assets, liabilities and personnel between existing LGAs and the proposed LCDAs

Other terms of reference include to propose a practical commencement plan including date as well as required human and financial resources to support commencement of LCDAs and also advice the State Government on any other matter that would facilitate the effective take off and sustainability of the LCDAs.

The Committee has three months to submit its report.

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