Aregbesola creates fresh 31 LCDAs, dissolves existing ones

Governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola has announced the creation of additional thirty-one local council development Areas, (LCDAs), three Area councils and two administrative offices in the state.

This is just as he dissolved the Executive Secretaries of the existing 30 local government councils and Moadakeke Area Office which had been in office for over five years.

This development is coming barely 24 hours after his Oyo State counterpart, Senator Abiola Ajimobi swore in new caretaker chairmen for the 33 local government councils in the state with a pledge to hold council elections within four months. The caretaker chairmen had been in charge of the councils since his assumption of office almost five years ago.

Governor Aregbesola made the announcement in a broadcast to the people of the state in the earlier hours of Tuesday.

According to him, creation of the LCDAs which would be managed by council managers to be appointed by local government service commission from grade level 14 officers in the local government for three months, became necessary to bring government closer to the people of the grassroots.

He assured that the increase in number of the councils, would in no way add to the financial burden of the state, saying the same number of staff would still run the councils, as no new appointment would be made.

Mr. Aregbesola further revealed that, the new LCDAs would be saddled with the responsibilities of market management, revenue mobilization and generation and as well as sanitation of the council areas.

He maintained that the creation of the LCDAs, was in accordance with the law and general demands of the people of the state.