Oyo Agency Doles Out N159m To 11 Communities For Micro Projects

The Oyo Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA) has disbursed the sum of N159,458,373.75 to eleven communities in the state for various micro projects.

The projects included building or renovation of blocks of classrooms with furniture, drilling of boreholes, construction or renovation of community health centers among others.

The disbursement of cheques to the Community Project Management Committees (CPMCs) was done during a two-day training for the CPMC members at Ibadan after the participants have been taken through the capacity building and training, under the Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme.

The selected eleven benefiting communities across the state were Ajinde 2 Community at Ibadan South-West Local Government, Otesin-Maye community, Oyo East Local Government, Olohunde-Ige community at Oluyole Local Government, Ajumose Community at Iseyin Local Government, Ore-Ofe Community at Olorunsogo Local Government and Ifelanilo Community at Ibarapa North Local Government.

Others included Ayekale Kalubi community at Oriire Local Government, Aseyori community at Oyo West, Oloro-Olomo community at Ido Local Government, Alaseyori community at Igbojaye, Itesiwaju Local Government and Alubarika/Asabari community at Asabari LCDA, Saki.

The General Manager, Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA), Mr Salaudeen Jelili said the training was targeted at equipping Community Project Management Committee of all the benefiting communities, who were democratically elected by their community members on ways to implement the projects in their domains.

He added that each of the communities would be paid N15 million for their micro projects, noting that 2.5% contribution by each community will be added to the 97.5 per cent contribution of the State government to engender a sense of ownership of the project.

“We are here today to conduct community project management committee training and project launch, the committee is the implementation committee, democratically elected by the people of the community to implement the projects.

“The budget limit for each of these micro intervention projects is N15 million, the community will contribute 2.5 per cent of the amount while the state government will release 97.5  to make it 100 per cent  as entailed in community-driven development projects approach, so that the community will have the sense of ownership, maintain the project and sustain it.

“Note that during and after the completion of these projects, it is the responsibility of OYCSDA is to monitor, technically advise, guide and evaluate for sustainability,” he said.

The Baale Olohunde-Ige community in Oluwole local government, Ibadan, Chief Folorunsho Ige, appreciated the Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, for what he called an encompassing developmental stride in the urban and rural communities.