Residents of the State have been assured of better and improved performance in local government administration, across the 20 Local Governments (LGs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in 2018.
The Ogun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Jide Ojuko who gave the assurance during a Television magazine programme in Abeokuta, said the challenges experienced in the out-gone year had been identified and strategic measures have been put in place to address them this year.
The Commissioner pointed out that health care programmes would be taken to the doorsteps of the people at the grassroots, through new initiatives put in place at the local government level to enable people have access to unhindered health care packages.
He said government was concerned with the welfare of its citizenry and was determined to ensure that dividends of democracy get to every nooks and crannies of the State, adding that chairmen of Councils would partner with Community Development Associations to make it a reality.
“We also have what is known as the Local Government Family, which comprised of Local Government Service Commission and Local Government Accountant General office, which are responsible for the smooth running of the Councils on matters such as, deployment of staff, as well as, provision of funds required to ensure smooth delivery at the Council levels, all these organs will be harnessed to have maximum output", Ojuko remarked.
The Commissioner added that youth's involvement would be given top priority in the local government agenda, as they would be empowered to make them self- reliant, while the welfare of the aged would also be taken care of, to ensure an all- encompassing delivery of dividends of democracy.
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