Ogun moves to empower CDCs on insecurity ……. German Govt to invest in technical, agric sectors
Worried by the spate of insecurity in the country, the Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Suraj Ishola Adekunbi, has urged members of Community Development Councils (CDCs) in the state to put more efforts to fortify security networks in their communities.
Adekunbi, gave the charge in Abeokuta on Wednesday while declaring open a stakeholders’ Forum on a bill for community development.
Represented by his Deputy, Tola Banjo, the Speaker said there was need for members of the CDCs to be more vigilant about security operations in their jurisdictions.
He noted that the bill, when passed into law would ensure provision of a forum for mobilizing all residents in a community for effective utilization of opportunities offered by government, insisting that such community would “Among others systematically develop, exploit and maximally utilize resources in their immediate environment”.
In his remark, the Chairman, House Committee on community development and Cooperatives, Victor Fasanya, said the forum came at a time when there was need for collation of ideas and views of members of the CDCs to be incorporated into the proposed bill to a people centered bill.
Fasanya said, activities of CDCs were critical to the development of any community and therefore had to be streamlined in tandem with the various developmental projects embarked upon by Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s led administration.
Also speaking, Commissioner for Community Development and Cooperatives, Chief Duro Ayedogbon, allayed the fears in certain quarters that the bill was meant to usurp the powers of Local
Government Councils over CDCs, explaining it would rather assist the government to monitor the day to day running of the CDAs in the State.
In another development, Governor Amosun yesterday appealed to the German government to invest in Technical, Vocational Training and agriculture in the State so as to assist in reducing the rate of unemployment.
Amosun made the appeal while receiving the German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Dr. Gerd Mueller in his Office.
While appreciating the efforts of the German Agency for International Corporation (GIZ) in the area of capacity building for the people of the State, the Governor called on the German government to show more interest in the area of power generation.
‘’Your intervention in the areas of power, technical and vocational training would help in improving the capacity of the people, thereby reducing the rate of unemployment in our state,’’ Amosun said.
The Governor believed the vocational training would encourage the youths to be independent and also encourage them to venture into farming.
In his remarks, the German Minister said the German Government wished to expand the scope of partnership agreement that already existed between Germany and Ogun State.
Mueller stated that the German government would be interested in further partnering in new areas, such as health, Immunization, Agriculture as well as technical and vocational training to assist theState meet with best international practices.
