Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, of Ondo State on Thursday explained why his administration decided to create Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state.

He hinged the decision on genuine economic development of the people.
According to the governor, the exercise will ultimately benefit the people and restore their dignity and pride as prime producers, and not as incurable consumers of other people’s ideas and products.


He told critics that his administration considered the decision most expedient at this stage because of the degree of amity existing in Ondo State.
The governor said: “The people of Ondo State are, evidently, not in competition among themselves. The degree of amity existing in our state makes our space attractive, not only for economic activities but for other socio-cultural existence.

“An effective system of administration at the local government level ensures collectivisation of ideas and labour for production of goods and services. Every locality must be ready to convert its peculiarity to strength.

"We must be able to determine the factors which support the viability of a locality to exist as a political unit beyond mere politics”
Akeredolu, who spoke at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office, Akure, while inaugurating the Committee for the creation of the LCDAs, expressed the hope that the exercise would further deepen the already existing robust interactions among the people of the state.

Governor Akeredolu, besides expressing his conviction that real quest for socio-economic development of the country compels the inclusion of local government administration in the political calculus, dismissed the insinuations in some quartets that the decision to create the LCDAs was political.
He said: “Local governments must not be products of unprofitable gerrymandering which only compounds the socio-economic problems.”
Source:https://citadelng.com/creation-of-lcdas-will-boost-grassroots-development-says-akeredolu/