Fayemi: I want to create more LCDA in Ekiti

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has written to Ekiti State House of Assembly over plans by his administration to create 18 additional council areas, to be called local council development areas (LCDAs).

Speaker, Adewale Omirin, read at plenary a letter from the governor, seeking the creation of the LCDAs.

The speaker remarked that the policy is intended to bring development to the state by further bringing governance close to the people, particularly the rural dwellers.

The Deputy Majority Leader of the House, Ayodeji Odu, representing Irepodun/Ifelodun Constituency 2, moved the motion for the business of the day and adoption of the report on the floor of the House.

Also sent to the House was another bill seeking protection for persons living with HIV/AIDS.

The two bills passed through first reading at Monday’s plenary.

The other business at the plenary was the observance of a minute silence in honour of the wife of the Chief Whip, Mr Ade Ajayi, who died in an auto crash.