ABOUT 62 communities and 114,000 vulnerable people across the 20 local government areas of Ogun State have benefited from worthwhile micro-projects, enabling people to access basic services, social amenities and potable water supply to reduce high risk of infection from waterborne diseases.
The Acting General Manager, Ogun State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), Mr. Abdulrahaman Adelaja, revealed this while fielding questions from the agency’s Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Kujore in Abeokuta.
Adelaja said the projects cut across education, health and water resources and were jointly funded by the federal and state governments, in collaboration with the World Bank, under the NG-CARES initiative, which began in 2021.
The acting manager explained that the projects were sectoral in nature, as each community remains the choice of their project through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), in line with the NG-CARES laid down guidelines.
Adelaja said that “each community earned nothing less than N9 million for the execution of the micro-project in their various communities.”
The benefiting communities were Kajola in Ewekoro, Opo in Ifo, Soseri and Ajebo Town in Obafemi Owode, Itesi Ajabe in Odeda, Odo-Otun and Idomila in Ijebu Northeast, Ayepe in Odogbolu, and Irolu in Ikenne Local Government.
Others were Ayila and Alo in Ogun Waterside, Ipare in Remo North, Ewujomo and Soyinbo in Sagamu, Ado-Odo in Ado-Odo/Ota, Afintedo and Alakuta in Imeko-Afon, Ilujoda Iboro in Yewa North, Ilobi Erinja and Ipake in Yewa South, Terelu in Ijebu East, Ifelodun Olomore in Abeokuta North and Ojowo-Odo Isembadejo in Ijebu North, among others.
Drilling of motorised borehole was also carried out at Odo-Molasa Ilese in Ijebu East Local Governemnt Area by Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA) and OG-CARES.
