The Ondo State commissioner for Agriculture, Otunba Adegboyega Adefarati stated this has described the proposed creation of more Local Councils Development Areas, LCDAs by the Oluwarotimi Akeredolu led Administration in Ondo State as the best thing to happen to the state at this time.
Otunba Adegboyega, who is the son of the former Ondo State Governor, late Chief Adebayo Adefarati stated this in a chat with newsmen in Akungba Akoko on Saturday during the Medical Outreach programme to mark the 12th year exit of the former governor of the state.
He said the new LCDAs when created will bring government closer to the people.
According to the commissioner, creation of more LCDAs will bring about more development and active participation of the people in governance.
“LCDAs bring development to the people. It brings government to the doorstep of the ordinary man in the communities where they are created.”
Reacting to views of some people that this will create problems for the government because of paucity of funds, Otunba Gboyega posited that there will be no problem in running this LCDAs smoothly since the funds meant for the existing local government areas will be divided among the old council areas and the new ones.
He therefore saw nothing bad in the new development saying it is not a novel idea since the late former governor, Pa Adrbayo Adefarati has done that before.
Similarly he stated that some states in the country, especially in the southwest, like Lagos, Oyo and Osun states are already operating the system.
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