Bureau of Rural Development

The Bureau of Rural Development (BRD) is made up of five Departments and three Units. The departments are:

• Finance and Administration
• Planning, Research and Statistics
• Rural Infrastructure
• Community and Economic Develvopment
• Social Services

The Units includes:

• Information Unit
• Rural Transportation Unit
• Agric and Micro Credit Unit

Contact Details
Office of the Administrative Secretary Bureau of Rural Development,
New Secretariat, Phase II,
Ado – Ekiti.

• Construction of Rural Roads
• Construction of Bridges
• Construction of lined hand dug wells

To fast track the transformation of rural areas to liveable milieu through aggressive socio-economic and rural infrastructural development.

Mission:

To create/provide enabling environment for the people in the rural areas who mainly are farmers. Also to serve as a means of accelerating development at the grassroots in the areas of socio amenities and infrastructural development:- provision of drinkable water, rural roads, health services, rural schools, rural markets and micro credits.

• formulation and dissemination of policies on rural development
• collection, collation, analyzing and disseminating research to rural development
• promoting the development and maintenance of rural infrastructural facilities.
• creating forum for bringing together the relevant stakeholders in rural development
• assisting the small-scale farmers in the rural areas to make use of available opportunities for optimal production to better their lots.
• promotion of an enabling environment for achieving economic development in the rural areas.
• mobilization/sensitization of the rural dwellers on the scourge of HIV/AIDs and how to mitigate its effects.