Ori-Oke- Ifelodun chairman agitates for more CDAs
By Olushola Okewole
Due to the expansion of the community and its growing population, the residents of Ifoshi ward in Ejigbo LCDA have beckoned to the local government authority to approve more new Community Development Associations for them.
According to them, the community has expanded, agitating for more CDAs to make development go round as they complained that they have fewer number of CDAs than other less populated wards.
The ward currently has 10 CDAs out of 110 CDAs registered in Ejigbo LCDA.
Speaking with ECHONEWS on their agitation for creation of new CDAs, the Chairman of Ori-Oke Ifelodun CDA, Alhaji Tajudeen Sanni (Labule), who was the former Ifoshi APC Ward chairman, said the ward was agaitating for more CDAs because it is one of the large communities in Ejigbo, second to Aigbaka which is the largest.
Citing the allocation of polling units as a guide, he said with 16, Ifoshi has the second highest number of polling booths after Aigbaka which has 25.
He said there are plans to request for not less than 10 more CDAs from the local government by breaking down the current 10 to smaller units.
He noted that other wards which are not up to Ifoshi in population and size have more CDAs than Ifoshi ward.
He also pointed out that Ifoshi ward is fully residential, hence the need to have more CDAs.
He complained that each CDA in the ward has a large number of streets under them and are over-qualified to meet the minimum criteria of 20 houses to form a CDA.
Meanwhile, Alhaji Sanni said they have commenced the process of creating more new CDAs, informing that he has contacted the Head of Department (HOD), Agriculture at the council Secretariat, the Supervisor for Agriculture and the Chairman of Community Development Committee who agreed that the ward deserves more CDAs.
He said he was told to wait till post Covid-19 period when the CDAC and CDC resume their meetings to take the necessary steps toward having the new CDAs in the community.
