Ekiti executes 635 World Bank assisted projects, says Fayemi

Ekiti state Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has disclosed that a total of 635 micro -projects have been executed in all the 133 communities across the 16 local government areas of the state since the advent of his second term in office in 2018.

The projects, which he said were at various stages and undertaken through the Ekiti state Community and Social Development Agency (EKCSDA) in partnership with the World Bank are part of the giant strides of his government towards mitigating the level of poverty in the rural areas.

The governor represented by the Chairman of the agency, Mr. Yemi Alatise, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ workshop on the report and outcome evaluation exercise organised by the agency in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday.

Reiterating the readiness of his administration to continually assist the agency in providing counterpart funds as and when due, Gov. Fayemi noted that several life-changing projects in health, education and social services sectors that will bring more dividends of democracy to the people at the grassroots are in the pipeline for the populace as embedded in the 2019 budget.

He said arrangement have been concluded by the agency with the chief executives of local governments and community leaders in all the 16 councils to assist the agency on how to maintain and sustain various projects executed in their various localities.

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“The government will continue to make funds available and all what the communities need is to tap into the various windows created by the government to ensure that the developmental projects they want in the community are achieved.

“EKCSDP has been able to build more than 150 health centres and equipped them with modern health facilities, it has also provided science and laboratory equipments in some schools in the rural areas. We want to assure you that the agency will continue function properly without interference,” he stated.

A lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Ekiti state University (EKSU), Prof. Okunlola Olaniyi, said the programme organised by EKCSDP is aimed to evaluate several developmental projects executed by the agency across the state.

The don called on the benefitting communities to assist the government in maintaining and sustaining the various micro -projects executed by the agency in their localities.