Category: South West

The Chairman of  Itire-Ikate Local Council Development Area (LCDA),  Hon. Daniel Odunayo, has promised more people-centered projects as he marks 100 days in Office.

Odunayo, who  commissioned seven roads in the council,  also  donated three buses to the Council  Legislators, Office of the Chairman and National Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE), as part of the  activities marking the event.

Speaking at the event, Odunayo stated that his administration has the goodwill of the Itere-Ikate people at heart and will work tremendously well to bring the best to them.

He said, “We are going to develop the Itire-Ikate people and work tremendously to do the good things they deserve.

Before this seven roads, we’ve done a lot of things, We’ve given back to the community, that is the dividends of democracy, I’ve showcased my capacity, and they should be at rest, we are working.”

Odunayo further stated that there would be more youth inclusive ideas brought to the LCDA in terms of technology, sports and education.

“They should know that I’m on my toes, they’ve not seen anything, we’ve commissioned secondary school, we’ve done some acquisition skills for the children in Itire-Ikate.

“We have the sewing machines, they can sew the school bags, sandals, and so many other things, in the education sector, education is the key, It’s a power to fight against poverty, we gave them free GCE forms and they’ve done the exams.

“A lot of good things are coming into Itire-Ikate, The market women, We’ve met them, We are going to develop more markets in Itire-Ikate.

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And in the area of cleanliness, I’ve inaugurated a task force team, about 45 of them, because of the environment, our environment needs to be clean, we don’t want people to be dropping their refuse at the junction street. We need to clean up our environment. In order for us to share the sicknesses in our community,” he said.

Addressing the youths, he said, “You should know, I’m on my toes, work has not started yet, this is a piece of the iceberg, we are still building more schools, Primary education, we are still going to build houses for our people in Itire-Ikate and also a lot of development for the youth, we want to build a basketball court, a football pitch for long-term use, for our youth to be active in their sports.

Also, we will build ICT rooms for our children to develop them in their IT departments, work on their computers, Laptops, We need to bring a reform, a Renewed hope. We need to give them hope. We need to work on our youth.”

Gracing the occasion was the Lagos State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, who commended the council boss  for policies aimed at improving residents welfare, further stating  plans were on the way  to deepen public accountability through engagements where achievements will be showcased and residents would  question elected officials, followed by an independent performance assessment of council chairmen by a designated committee.

He added that  the  local government autonomy in addition to the tax reform starting in January would increase  councils revenue and enable them to embark on more developmental project.

Ojelabi  urged   council officials to improve their  performance, warning that underperformance would be reported to the Local Government Service Commission for necessary actions.