Local Government Creation Bill 2013: Osun Set To Create 27 New Councils
* COST-EFFECTIVE COUNCILS
* PEOPLE-ORIENTED COUNCILS
* DEVELOPMENT-BASED COUNCILS
Governor of the state of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has on Monday, at the floor
of the state House of Assembly, presented an Executive bill for the creation of 27
additional local government areas in the state.
Delivering a speech which he titled: Making Government Count at The Grass Roots,
the Governor said the move is in fulfilment of the administration's belief in giving
happiness to the greater number of people as they can easily ascertain the needs
of the people.
He noted that many of the local councils are too large to be able to take care of
the needs of the people at the grass roots.
While stating that the proposed new 27 local councils will co exist with the existing
ones, Ogbeni Aregbesola stated that they will be known as local council
development areas or local counties.
Ogbeni Aregbesola explained that in accordance with section 7 and 8 of the
amended Nigerian constitution, a Local Government Creation Committee headed by
a former speaker, Hon. Mojeed Alabi had earlier been set up after which a review
committee headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood
Adeoti was set up to review the job of the first committee.
He said Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of local councils, when created, will be
elected from among the Councillors in the area and the head of local government
administration henceforth will be a civil servant who is not not more than Grade
level 14 in the local government and would be called Council Manager.
This parliamentary characteristic is to reduce the cost of governance and ensure
smooth running of government at the local level. Local Government Planning Board
for each LG will be constituted to serve as advisory body for the new council areas.
The board will not be an implementation body and would not be involved in the
day-to-day running of the councils.
He added that any civil servant that is more than grade level 14 in the local council
will henceforth be redeployed out of the local government to the civil service saying
the aim is to make the local government work more efficiently, bring government
closer to the people and re engineer the system.
In his response, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Najeem
Folasayo Salam stated that the move is to aid rapid development of the rural areas
in the state saying it is also a move at delivering the campaign promises of the
administration.
He described the proposed creation of additional twenty-seven local government
areas in the state as a way to bring about unprecedented development at equal
pace to the people at the grass roots level.
The Speaker who said that the new councils if created will not constitute a burden
on the existing thirty local government areas in the state noted that they will serve
as platform of effective and all inclusive governance at the grass roots.
Expressing the satisfaction of the state parliament with the way the state is
witnessing massive development in all sectors under the leadership of Governor
Aregbesola, Honourable Salam promised that the House would look into the bill
and facilitate its quick passage into law.
Meanwhile the Assembly had earlier passed the State of Osun Mass Education
Agency Establishment Bill, 2013 into law through a motion moved by the Deputy
Leader of the House, Honourable Afolabi Atolagbe and seconded by Honourable

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lutheran: Local Government Creation Bill 2013: Osun Set To Create 27 New Councils
* COST-EFFECTIVE COUNCILS
* PEOPLE-ORIENTED COUNCILS
* DEVELOPMENT-BASED COUNCILS
Governor of the state of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has on Monday, at the floor
of the state House of Assembly, presented an Executive bill for the creation of 27
additional local government areas in the state.
Delivering a speech which he titled: Making Government Count at The Grass Roots,
the Governor said the move is in fulfilment of the administration's belief in giving
happiness to the greater number of people as they can easily ascertain the needs
of the people.
He noted that many of the local councils are too large to be able to take care of
the needs of the people at the grass roots.
While stating that the proposed new 27 local councils will co exist with the existing
ones, Ogbeni Aregbesola stated that they will be known as local council
development areas or local counties.
Ogbeni Aregbesola explained that in accordance with section 7 and 8 of the
amended Nigerian constitution, a Local Government Creation Committee headed by
a former speaker, Hon. Mojeed Alabi had earlier been set up after which a review
committee headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Moshood
Adeoti was set up to review the job of the first committee.
He said Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of local councils, when created, will be
elected from among the Councillors in the area and the head of local government
administration henceforth will be a civil servant who is not not more than Grade
level 14 in the local government and would be called Council Manager.
This parliamentary characteristic is to reduce the cost of governance and ensure
smooth running of government at the local level. Local Government Planning Board
for each LG will be constituted to serve as advisory body for the new council areas.
The board will not be an implementation body and would not be involved in the
day-to-day running of the councils.
He added that any civil servant that is more than grade level 14 in the local council
will henceforth be redeployed out of the local government to the civil service saying
the aim is to make the local government work more efficiently, bring government
closer to the people and re engineer the system.
In his response, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Najeem
Folasayo Salam stated that the move is to aid rapid development of the rural areas
in the state saying it is also a move at delivering the campaign promises of the
administration.
He described the proposed creation of additional twenty-seven local government
areas in the state as a way to bring about unprecedented development at equal
pace to the people at the grass roots level.
The Speaker who said that the new councils if created will not constitute a burden
on the existing thirty local government areas in the state noted that they will serve
as platform of effective and all inclusive governance at the grass roots.
Expressing the satisfaction of the state parliament with the way the state is
witnessing massive development in all sectors under the leadership of Governor
Aregbesola, Honourable Salam promised that the House would look into the bill
and facilitate its quick passage into law.
Meanwhile the Assembly had earlier passed the State of Osun Mass Education
Agency Establishment Bill, 2013 into law through a motion moved by the Deputy
Leader of the House, Honourable Afolabi Atolagbe and seconded by Honourable

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