The Oyo State Governor. Seyi Makinde, through the Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA), under the Nigerian Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), has allocated funds for thirty-eight micro-projects in fourteen communities in the State.
The monetary gesture proper sensitization and training of Community Project Management Committee (CPMC), which held at House of Chiefs, Oyo State Secretariat, Ibadan on Thursday.
The Chairman Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA), Hon. Abideen Adetokunbo Adeaga who declared the training open, highlighted the need for the benefiting communities to take control and proper care of the micro-projects, which is a Community-Driven Development Approach (CDD), to ensure prompt completion, functionality and utilization of the projects. He thereby aasured the participants that the World Bank would reimburse the State on the micro-projects only if the guidelines are followed, for the sake of quality delivery and project sustainability.
“The Oyo State Government, led by His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde FNSE, is well aware of the prevailing infrastructural deficit and current harsh economic realities of the people of Oyo State, I can confirm that His Excellency is not only determined to ameliorate our situation, but is also passionate and committed to taking us from poverty to prosperity.
“Let me briefly remind you about two principles of our agency which are: the community-driven development approach (CDD) and programme for result (P4R) approach, in which the State government initially funds projects but gets reimbursed by the World Bank after the projects have been successfully completed, functional and are utilized according to standard, within the given time frame,” he declared.
The General Manager of OYCSDA, Mr Salau Jelili, earlier in his welcome address, was full of praise for Governor Seyi Makinde for his acceptance and approval of the state participation in the NG-CARES programme and as well as approving the disbursement of funnd for the execution of work plans.
He noted that NG-CARES targets existing and emerging vulnerable and poor households affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the interference of OYCSDA was expected on basic social infrastructural micro-projects on education, health, erosion control, nutrition, water and sanitation.
The representative of OYS-CARES Coordinating Unit at the event, Mr Lawal Kehinde expatiated the need for unity, accountability, transparency and the need to work towards making excellent deliveries in terms of projects in each community.
He appealed to all the committee members to allow others that are not in the committees to have inputs that will also give them sense of belonging.
Beneficiaries are; Isokan Community Project Management Committee (CPMC), Ibadan South-West Local Government, Olorunkemi CPMC, Kajola Local Government, Ogo-Oluwa CPMC, Olorunsogo Local Government, Ofa-Igbo CPMC, Lagelu Local Government, Oluwanisola CPMC, Irepo Local Government, Ojoo-Olanla CPMC, Akinyele Local Government and Ebedi CPMC, Iseyin Local Government.
Others are Jabata CPMC, Oyo East Local Government, Ifelodun CPMC, Ibadan North-East Local Government, Ire Akari CPMC, Kajola, Kajola Local Government, Ayetoro/Ifelagba CPMC, Atiba Local Government, Ifesowapo CPMC, Ibarapa East Local Government and Ilupeju/Oriaje/Idi-Ope CPMC, Ibadan South-East Local Government, Ibadan and Abudoro-Arulogun CPMC, Lagelu Local Government.