No fewer than 62 Communities and 114,000 vulnerable across the 20 Local Government Areas of Ogun State have benefited from some micro-projects, enabling people to access basic services, social amenities and potable water supply in order to reduce high risk of infection from waterborne diseases.

Abdur Rahaman Adelaja, the Acting General Manager, of Ogun State Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA), stated this while fielding questions from Olayinka Kujore, the Agency’s Public Relations Officer in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital.

Adelaja said the projects cut across education, health and water resources and were jointly funded by the Federal and State Governments, in collaboration with the World Bank, under the NG-CARES initiative, which began in 2021.

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The Acting Manager explained that the projects were sectoral in nature, as each Community determines the choice of their project through Participatory Rural Appraisal in line with the NG-CARES laid down guidelines.

Adelaja stated that “each Community earned nothing less than Nine Million Naira for the execution of the micro project in their various communities”.

BusinessDay reports that the benefiting Communities are Kajola in Ewekoro LG; Opo in Ifo LG; Soseri and Ajebo Towns in Obafemi- Owode LG; Itesi Ajabe in Odeda LG; Odo Otun and Idomila in Ijebu North East LG; Ayepe in Odogbolu LG, and Irolu in Ikenne Local Government.

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Others are Ayila and Alo in Ogun Water Side LG; Ipare in Remo North LG; Ewujomo and Soyinbo in Sagamu LG; Ado-Odo in Ado-Odo Ota LG; Afintedo and Alakuta in Imeko Afon LG; Ilujoda Iboro in Yewa North LG; Ilobi, Erinja and Ipake in Yewa South LG; Terelu in Ijebu East LG; Ifelodun Olomore in Abeokuta North LG and Ojowo-Odo Isembadejo in Ijebu North Local Government; among others.