By Edith Igbokwe
A new Community Development Association – Ayowa CDA has been approved by the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government.
The new CDA was carved out of Oshodi CDA and comprises four streets -Ishola Anigbajumo, Adeyinka, Agbalaya and Amuda Close.
Although created in 2018, the LGA formally registered it when it issued a certificate to the association.
With the new one, the local government now has 65 CDAs.
Speaking to ECHONEWS, the pioneer chairman, Olusola Dahunsi, said they created the new association to boost even development in the council area.
Dahunsi, who was a former chairman of Oshodi CDA, said Ajowa CDA has to be created because the presence of many streets under Oshodi CDA meant many streets were jostling for the few slots given by the local government.
This, he said, made the CDA backward because many of the streets could not benefit from the government’s largesse.
He said many streets have not been benefitting from developments coming to the CDA either from the federal, state or local government.
Dahunsi claimed that it has been difficult to share developmental projects among the streets under the CDA.
He explained that the same project allocation from the governments goes to each CDA irrespective of its size, reiterating that larger CDAs suffer in terms of sharing.
Oshodi CDA, which initially comprised 45 streets, had been split into five – OSSAA CDA, Isokan CDA, Afariogun CDA and Aduke Thomas CDA before the creation of the Ajowa CDA.
Ajowa CDA was created out of the 13 streets left for Oshodi CDA, leaving nine streets for the Oshodi CDA Chairman, Mr. Nurani Lawal to handle effectively.
For the new CDA, Engr Dahunsi was elected the Chairman, Isiaq Zuar – Vice Chairman, Mukaila Agboola – Secretary and Lukmon Adedokun as the Treasurer.
While appreciating the government and the residents for the creation of the CDA, Dahunsi acknowledged the late founding father of the new CDA, Alhaji Olaogun, saying he worked tirelessly to ensure the emergence of the grassroots body.
He, therefore, called for financial support from the government and the residents to run the association perfectly.
