OYCSDA Disburses N159m to 11 Communities for Micro Projects in Oyo

Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan 

The Oyo State government through the Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA), has disbursed over N159 million to 11 communities in the state for various micro projects.

The projects include building or renovation of blocks of classrooms with furniture, drilling of boreholes, construction or renovation of community health centers, among others.

The disbursement of cheques to the Community Project Management Committees (CPMCs) was done during a two-day training for members of the committees in Ibadan after the participants have been taken through the capacity building and training under the Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme.

The General Manager, Oyo State Community and Social Development Agency (OYCSDA), Mr. Salaudeen Jelili, said the training was targeted at equipping Community Project Management Committee of all the benefiting communities who were democratically elected by their community members on ways to implement the projects in their domains.

He added that each of the communities will be paid N15 million for their micro projects, noting that 2.5 per cent contribution by each community will be added to the 97.5 per cent contribution of the state government to engender sense of ownership of the project.

According to him, “We are here today to conduct community project management committee training and project launch, the committee is the implementation committee, democratically elected by the people of the community to implement the projects. 

“The budget limit for each of these micro intervention projects is N15million, the community will contribute 2.5 per cent of the amount while the state government will release 97.5 per cent to make it 100 per cent as entailed in community-driven development projects approach, so that the community will have the sense of ownership, maintain the project and sustain it.”

The Baale of Olohunde-Ige Community in Oluyole local government area, Chief Folorunsho Ige, appreciated Governor Seyi Makinde, for what he called an encompassing developmental strides in the urban and rural communities.

He then called on the benefiting communities not to disappoint the state government by failing to deliver the projects to time and with quality materials which he said will ensure its sustainability.