The executive chairman of Oshodi-Isolo local government, Otunba Kehinde Almaroof Oloyede has given an account of his stewardship in office over the pass three years.
The council chairman
Oloyede who spoke while welcoming guests to the annual budget proposal stakeholders meeting on Thursday at the Abibat Mogaji Legislative building hall told the teeming gathering that his admisntartion since assumption of office has been able to complete over 40 roads and his other efforts in transforming Oshodi-Isolo local government.
The council boss disclosed that his administration has provided over 4,000 free UTME AND GCE forms to indigent students within the local government since the last three years. He said over 20 boreholes have been dug for the benefit of the residents.
Oloyede also said he has tremendously worked in the education, health and security sectors of the council at ensuring that all areas of human endeavours are touched to give the residents a befitting life.
Oloyede said he has partnered the private and nongovernmental organisations to train and retrained youths on different skills to make them self sustaining.
The budget stakeholders meeting he stressed is meant to take inputs from the memebrs of the society on the plans for the 2025 fiscal year.
The budget proposal tagged budget of consolidation will at the end of the draft and passing will be judiciously be implemented.
As he said his administration will in 2025 do more for the residents at ensuring that more dividends of democracy gets to all assundry.
The council’s Budget Head of Department, Mrs Siwoniku Oluseun G said the budget stakeholders meeting will afford the government to know the 3xact needs of the people and provide for them accordingly.
Also speaking, the chairman of the Community Development Committee (CDC), Oshodi-Isolo local government, Alhaji Ibrahim Ajibulu said the CDC needs leadership training for its leaders both at the Community Development Association (CDA) and the CDC level for effective community service delivery.
The CDC chairman said; “the CDC and CDAs leadership need training on community management for effective community service delivery.”
“We also need a bus for our mobility to state functions and local activities.
Give us slot for job opportunities for the communities. We want you to give the older generation skills acquisition training to enable them live a worthy life.”
“The chairman should also help us look into the estimated billings in the community, the bills are crazy and killing. We have approached the Ikeja Electric on many occasions but they keep posting us. We need the. Government intervention in this regard.
“We need you to help us complete our CDC hall and give it a befitting look of a hall and conducive environment.”
The artisans chairman Adekunle Baderin while speaking at the stakeholders meeting said; “We are asking for empowerment for modern tools to help upscale our works. We are also seeking allowance to make our meetings run smoothly.”
Speaking on behalf of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Oshodi-Isolo local government, Comrade Shuaib Akinyemi, appreciated the council chairman for his infrastructural development projects in Oshodi-Isolo local government.
The youth body however urged the council chairman to invest more on youth development by creating a digital village where they can learn more technological skills, this he said it will help the youths to harness their potentials and earn a living.
Akinyemi also urged the government to look into housing challenges in the local government by investing in a housing scheme that will enable the youths to rent and pay gradually.
He said; “we need a working youth centre in Oshodi, this will help provide solution to some of the problems in the local government.
In response to the stakeholders comments and requests, Otunba Oloyede assured them that all their requests have been note and would be included in the 2025 fiscal year for implementation.
He assured that he will not leave any stone unturned in delivering more social amenities to the council.
