Ayede LCDA Chair Highlights Challenges, Seeks Help 

By Falayi Olanrewaju

The Chairman of Ayede Ekiti Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Honourable Prince Aderemi Ajayi has highlighted the major challenges facing his Council Area, thereby seeking for help to support him to scale through them. 

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The Council Chairman, Honourable Prince Ajayi stated the above while fielding questions from the Online Editors who paid him a courtesy visit in his office under the auspice of the Online Media Chapel of the Nigeria Union Of Journalists, NUJ, Ekiti State Council led by its Chapel Chairman, Comrade Ayodele Abere, in his office on Wednesday at the local council Secretariat in Ayede Ekiti, Ekiti State. 

Ajayi equally used the opportunity to sought for the support of the sons and daughters of the community, home and in the diaspora to build a viable and functional LCDA that would bring about a massive development of the area.

The Chairman who consented to partner with the NUJ Online Media Chapel for regular reportage of the LCDA activities, reiterated the importance of Journalists in a democratic settings. 

Ajayi explained that the major challenge confronting his LCDA is the problem of finance, asides the issue of insecurity that has generally pervaded the entire Country at this time. 

He used the privilege of his media interactions with the Online editors in Ekiti State to invite committed and serious investors into Ayede LCDA, most especially the sons and daughters, to develop it.

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According to the Chairman, he said, “We can’t do without media, what we are doing here needs adequate publicity for people to be abreast of our activities and through the partnership we can get assistance”.

The Council boss explained the major source of internally generated Revenue was Ayede market, which he said was meagre for the enormous plans and policies he had for the LCDA. “Ayede LCDA is made up of only One Ward, so our Internally Generated Revenue is meagre. Although, we are engaging the Okada riders, artisans and drivers union on the need to always pay their rates. The city of Rome was not built in a day, we shall continue to explore ways to make things happen in the LCDA”.

While appreciating the former and current Governors of the State, Kayode Fayemi and Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji for the establishment of LCDA’s in Ekiti and its funding, the Chairman promised to navigate for functionality of the LCDA.

Speaking on how to contain insecurity in Ayede Ekiti, Prince Aderemi opined that the LCDA security outfit named Asonet is always on patrol of both forest and town, day and night. Adding that Asonet with the acronym Ayede Security Officers Network work with other security operatives to maintain peace in the area. He urged the people of Ayede to be security conscious and report any strangers roaming around to the security officers.

Asonet comprises of local Hunters and Vigilante, engaged to work with the other sister’s Security Agencies.

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In a related development, Prince Aderemi condemned the recent killing of Onimojo and Elesun by unknown bandits and the abduction of students in Emure Ekiti. He said the incidents called for sober reflection and strong security architecture to combat the ugly menace. While commending Governor Oyebanji for the prompt release of the abducted students. He prayed God to put an end to kidnapping in Ekiti state.

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