A FRESH wave of rural development projects, which the Ondo State government, through its Ministry of Community Development has been executing in the rural and far-flung settlements, will today begin across the state with 75 new ones.
Already, 305 of such projects, which include rural electrification, provision of potable water, construction of basic health centres, school buildings and town halls, have been executed, with the state spending N2.1 billion.
It was gathered that 80 per cent of the projects have been commissioned and are already serving the purposes for which they were initiated.
The Commissioner, Ministry of Community Development, Clement Faboyede, who unveiled what he called “the new stage of Mimiko’s transformational agenda” at the weekend, said the projects would cover 15 of the state’s 18 local councils.
The rest three councils – Odigbo, Owo and Ifedore – which formed the pilot tests of the scheme designed to restore confidence of the population in the government, had previously enjoyed 30 projects each among its rural communities.
The fresh initiative, which Faboyede said would cost the state additional N400 million, will also take care of satellite communities of Akure, the state capital, “because residents of Akure are about one-third of the state population.
Faboyede disclosed further that 161 safe deliveries have been recorded so far in the 87 rural health centres constructed under the scheme.
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Ondo launches 75 community projects