Samuel Awoyinfa
Abeokuta

The concerned people of Ogun West Senatorial District under the umbrella body of Ogun West Collectives, have called on the state government and state House of Assembly, for the creation of eight additional Local Council Development Areas, in the “spirit of equity, justice and fairplay.”

Leading the opinion leaders, market men and women and others on Friday at the stakeholders forum on creation of Local Council Development Areas held in Abeokuta, Prof. Biyi Afonja advocated for the creation of additional eight Local Government Council Development Areas for the benefit of the people of the zone.

He gave the list of the eight LCDAs as follows, Ilara, Ketu South, Ibese/Igbogidi,Yewa South Central, Ipokia East, Imotu, Owode/Ilogbo and Ere.

He said, “We make this proposal as a way to redress the grossimbalance in the proposed creation of LCDAs in Ogun State.”

Prof. Afonja who is one of the founding fathers of the state, urged the people to continue to live in peace and remain united for the progress of the state, while requesting for more developmental projects for the people in the zone.

He lauded the State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, for creating the LCDAs which he acknowledged would aid the development of all parts of the state.

Representatives of different socio-cultural organisations, political leaders, opinion leaders, market men and women among others presented their memoranda to the lawmakers with different requests, ranging from change of name of LCDAs headquarters, and relocation of proposed headquarters.

In his remarks, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Suraju Adekunbi, represented by his deputy Olakunle Olu-Omo, saidpromotion of peace and unity was critical to sustenance of democracy, urging the people to continue to work for the development of the State.

Adekunbi further said one of the advantages of the creation of the proposed LCDAs was to make the political functionaries ingenious in revenue generation to improve on the lives at the grassroots level.