…As Agency Chair Harps on Maintenance Culture
The Chairman, OYCSDA, Hon. Adetokunbo Adeaga has called on the fourteen communities in Oyo State that benefited from the NG-CARES community intervention micro-projects to imbibe good maintenance culture to make the projects enduring.
Adeaga in his speech at the occasion, praised the efforts of the State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde for making funds available for communities in the State to address areas of their major needs.
He said the funds will improve access of people to portable water, motorable roads, primary healthcare, as well as conducive teaching and learning environment for teachers and students.
He enjoined the CPMC members to ensure the projects are completed as at when due and are enduring, for them to have their names etched in the anal of their communities’ histories.
“Do all within your power to complete the projects according to timelines and standards, let us commit to working together with respect, inclusivity and open communication, let us celebrate our diversity and harness our collective strength to achieve success.
“At this juncture, I want to express profound gratitude to His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde for making this possible and being committed to taking actions that reduce the people’s suffering and also create the conditions for prosperity,” he said.
Hon. Adetokunbo stated that the intervention at the 14 LGAs would enable the agency to cover the entire 33 LGAs on NG-CARES micro-projects.
The General Manager, OYCSDA, Mr. Salau Jelili noted that the NG-CARES programme that catered for the projects’ funding targeted existing and emerging vulnerable and poor households affected by Covid-19 pandemic and the agency was expected to intervene on basic social infrastructural micro-projects on education, health, erosion control, nutrition and water sanitation, based on Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach.
He said the project implementation approach should target what the World Bank and its stakeholders call ‘Programme For Result’ (P4R) which means that the State would firstly fund the projects before a verification team would assess them before repayment will be done.
He added that for repayment to be done to the State and for other communities to also benefit in the nearest future, the projects must have been completed to time, functional and in use by the communities’ people.
In his own address, the representative of Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA), Alhaji Lere Omotoso, called on the benefiting Community Project Management Committees (CPMCs) members to be prudent in their spendings to avoid facing the wrath of the law.
Also, the representative of the State’s Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (OYS CARES) Co-ordinating Unit, Mr. Abd-Rahamon Adewumi, added that the project management committee for every community must put all hands on deck to actualize project completion at the appointed time, so that the independent verification team from Abuja can give their approval and repayment can be done to the State government coffers.
Among the communities that benefited from the micro-project funding are Aroro Makinde community at Akinyele local government of Ibadan, Ideraoluwa community, Ibadan North-East local government, Ibadan, Abebi-Opo Yeosa – Ifesowapo community at Ibadan North-West local government of Ibadan and Kobomoje-Ogundepo-Ogundeji community at Ibadan South-East local government area of Ibadan.
Others are Olorunbawase-Oke Odo community at Ibarapa Central local government area, Igboora, Irewolede community at Ogbomoso South local government, Olorunsogo-Ifesowapo community at Ogbomoso South local government, Lagbedu-Orile community at Ogo-Oluwa local government, Lagun community at Lagelu local government, Alapata-Ope Odu-Oja Baale at Lagelu local government, Oremeji-Atolu community at Ona Ara local government, Irawo Parapo community at Atisbo local government, Oorelope community at Oorelope local government as well as Okan Awuru community at Saki East local government, Saki.
