The governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has announced the creation
of 31 new Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, by his administration.
In a state broadcast to the people of Osun state, the governor of
the state, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, announced the creation of 31 new
Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, by his administration, adding
that three area councils and two administrative offices were also
created.
The governor also announced the dissolution of the management
committees of the existing 30 Local Councils and Area Office, their
executive secretaries, deputy executive secretaries, members, special
advisers and other functionaries.
According to the governor, his administration would make judicious
use of its revenues in a way that increasing the number of councils
will least constitute any financial burden.
Speaking on why the state was creating more councils at a time of
financial challenges, the governor said his administration had given the
decision sufficient consideration, and had put in place measures to cut
cost, adding that the responsibilities of the new councils include
bringing development to the people, managing the markets, generating
more revenue, amongst others.
He said the state would be saving huge cost with the new councils.
He said no new appointment would be made as the same number of staff
will still run all the councils.
The governor also said the entire local government system would be
managed by Council Managers for three months. The managers are to be
appointed and deployed by Local Government Service Commission from among
the substantive grade level 14 officers in the local governments.
"Many would be wondering and asking: why create more councils
at this special time of financial challenges? We have also given
sufficient consideration to this. With this new parliamentary system, it
will cost less to run the new councils and save a lot of money for the
government than in the past.
"The primary responsibilities of our new local government
system are sanitation, market management and revenue mobilisation and
generation. This is consistent with local government administration
worldwide.
"The beauty of this new system is its parliamentary nature,
which requires the chairman and the vice chairman to be elected by the
councillors from among their own ranks, thereby saving cost," the governor said.
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