Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Monday presented a bill for the creation of 27 additional local government development councils in the state to the state House of Assembly.
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that while presenting the bill, Aregbesola said the essence of the creation of more councils was to bring government closer to the people at the grassroots.
He said that the current councils in the state could not bring the desired results.
The governor said this was because they were too large to achieve what the administration intended to achieve through the councils.
He stressed that the only way to guarantee even development at the grassroots was to create new councils that would be precise, transparent and people-oriented.
“Sincerely, if this bill is eventually passed to law, the new development councils will not be a hindrance to the existing ones at all; it will just increase the quality of representation at the grassroots.
“As a law-abiding government, the creation was properly done in line with the stipulation of section 7 and 8 of the 1999 Constitution and it will co-exist with the existing ones mutually,” Aregbesola said.
The governor, however, enjoined the existing councils to be ready to make sacrifices as there would be a reduction in their emolument.
The Speaker of the house, Mr. Najeem Salam, said the creation of the councils would improve the quality of governance.
He called on traditional rulers, community and religious leaders to point out any grey areas perceived in the structure of the councils to avert friction.
NAN reported that if the new councils were created, their number would increase to 57.
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