The Chief of Staff to Ekiti State Governor, Hon. Biodun Omoleye has charged Council Administrators in the state to be more proactive in their response to the post-COVID-19 pandemic period in the state.
Hon. Omoleye gave the charge at the May 2020 Edition of the Joint Accounts and Allocation of Funds Committee (JAAC) meeting in Ado-Ekiti.
The Chief of Staff observed that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the global economy negatively and stressed the need for Local Government Administrators to fashion out how to cushion the post-pandemic effect on the grassroots economy.
He counseled that this they could do by diversifying the economy through engaging in various innovations that could shore up the Internally Generated Revenues (IGRs) accruing to the Councils in the state.
According to the Chief of Staff, the Councils should ensure that there is food security for the people at the grassroots.
Hon. Omoleye challenged Council Chairmen in the state to join other stakeholders in checkmating people from other states from sneaking into the state in line with the directive of the State Government.
According to him, such efforts would prevent further cases of the virus in the State, now that the Government has eased the lockdown imposed on movement within the state.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development, Prof. Adio Folayan, urged the Local Government Chairmen to diversify the economy by encouraging the people to achieve food security at the local level.
He commended the Ijero Local Government Chairman, Hon. Ropo Ige, for taking a giant stride in clearing some hectares of land for the planting of arable crops and advised others to cultivate the action.
Responding, the Chairman of the Association of Local Government Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon. Kolade Amire, on behalf of other Chairmen, promised that all Councils would go back to the drawing board to improve on their Internally Generated Revenues (IGRs).
Last modified: June 29, 2020
