Ekiti executes 635 projects – Fayemi

From Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti
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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 at the weekend.

“EKCSDA 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 to 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 EKCSDA, was aimed to evaluate several developmental projects executed by the agency across the state.

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

The Ekiti State’s Statistician General, Mr. Jide Oguntimehin, disclosed that statistics have shown that various projects executed by the agency in the last few years in the state had gradually reduced poverty in the rural areas.