Oyo ready to end out-of-school children crisis – Official 

 

The chairman Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA), Hon. Abideen Adeaga, has declared that the state government is ready to eradicate out-of-school children crisis and control erosion.

Hon Adeaga stated this on Monday while speaking at a training programme organised by the agency at the House of Chiefs, Oyo state secretariat, Agodi Ibadan, 

To ensure this, Hon Adeaga said OYCSDA has disbursed funds for the implementation of another 132 micro-projects across sixty-six communities in the state, and expressed gratitude to Governor Seyi Makinde for his support in approving the collaboration programme with the World Bank and the federal government to achieve the gains of the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES).

Hon Adeaga further lauded Governor Makinde’s recent decision to increase project funding from ₦15 million to ₦18 million due to rising costs to ensure that community-driven micro-infrastructure projects in areas like healthcare, education, water, and erosion control are successfully completed.

According to the OYCSDA Chairman, all these are tailored towards eradicating the out-of-school children crisis by construction and renovation of schools with furniture and toilets, mitigate the effects of erosion on communities through intervention in culverts construction, as well as construction and renovation of community health centers and provision of motorized boreholes for the people in the various communities. 

“This gesture from our Governor for approving the disbursement of funds to sixty-six communities across the State is unprecedented, so that OYCSDA would embark on such massive micro-projects”, he said.