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Ekiti Councils To Hold Community Engagements, Conduct Needs Assessment Before Embarking On Projects

This was part of the resolutions  agreed upon at the recently concluded 3 – day retreat for the newly elected Council Chairmen and other top Local Government functionaries in Ekiti State, organized by the Ministry of Local Government Affairs.

According to the  communique issued at the end of the retreat and made available to newsmen in Ado -Ekiti, local councils are henceforth to hold community engagements where critical stakeholders and other members of  communities itemize  their needs, preferences, and feedback before initiating projects and programme in the various council areas .

 It said the  budget cycle of January to December shall be adopted at the Local Government and LCDAs with  call circulars  being issued in the month of August while the budget shall be passed and signed into law latest by December 31st of the preceding year.

The communique also stated that stakeholders at the retreat agreed that Local Government/ LCDAs shall review the earlier approved 2024 budget where necessary to incorporate projects/programmes that were omitted in the former, and the revised budget must be approved latest by the ending of January 2024 while more emphasis shall be made on participatory governance at the Local Governments and LCDAs.

It also stated  that  participants agreed that a circular be issued  from the Ministry of Local Government specifying the threshold on direct labour projects viz –a- viz contract award adding Local Contractors  registered with Local Governments/LCDAs shall be patronized, in line with  the Local content policy of Ekiti State Government .

The communique stated that Local councils should  embrace new orientations towards  improved service delivery, which shall be a total departure from the old stereotyped designed while they should also develop a comprehensive data base to aid   effective planning  and  service delivery.

The stakeholders also resolved that due process shall also be followed in all projects/programmes of Local Governments and LCDAs stressing that procurement policies, best practices in budgetary and Fiscal Responsibilities be entrenched by the Local Government’s and LCDAs.

Participants  appreciated the State Government and Ministry of Local Government for organizing the  retreat which they said gave them  the opportunity to share from the wealth of experience of the resource persons promising to cascade the retreat across all department of the Local Government/LCDAs.

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