The Government of Oyo State, on Wednesday, Kick-started a training programme for 351 councillors and 33 clerks of Local Government Legislative Councils.
The training, which centred on good governance at the local government levels and effective replication of the Four Point Service Agenda of the ‘Seyi Makinde administration, was flagged off at the World Lilies Event Centre, Apata, Ibadan, by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Legislative Matters, Hon. Samuel Adejumo.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted Adejumo as telling the councillors that the training was initiated to update them on the relevant laws and reforms of the federal and state governments, as well as their application of the Four Point Service Agenda of the Makinde administration at the grassroots
He admonished them to truly represent the interest of their various communities and key into four pillars of this administration.
He said: “The training is meant to groom you on oversight functions and the laws they are supposed to make at the local council so that they can represent the people well.
“It is also aimed at giving them proper orientation on how to deliver dividends of democracy to the people. It is first of its kind in the history of Oyo State and the entire nation. So, I want to believe that it is a legacy.
“It is possible for us to organise this training because we have a governor who understands what he is doing. He has put a round peg in a round hole and I give him kudos for giving kind approval for this workshop.
“The message of His Excellency to the newly elected councillors and clerk of the house is that they should avoid crisis at the local level and replicate the things that have been done in the state in the past two years.
“The chairmen should allow the legislature to perform their oversight functions so that there will be no misunderstanding between the two arms of government.”
He expressed the hope that at the end of the training, participants would have been further equipped with adequate knowledge to discharge their duties effectively at their various councils.
Also speaking at the event, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr. Segun Ajekiigbe, maintained that the Ministry has put together a 3-day training to address a serious lacuna observed in the series of researches conducted on local government administration in Nigeria, which, he said, bothered on identified wide gaps between the local government chairmen and councillors.
He said that this has been seen as a major encumbrance to development at the grassroots.
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