The General Manager of Osun Community and Social Development Agency, (CSDA) Funmi Aderonke Abokede has said the agency has completed 176 micro-projects across the 30 local governments in the state.
Abokede stated that the projects cut across health, education, and sanitation and 64 lock-up shops at Atakumosa market within 16 months.
Speaking at the Osun NUJ Correspondents’ Chapel in Osogbo on Thursday, Abokede explained that 38 projects were completed in education, 11 in health, 121 in water, and 6 social economic projects were done.
Abokede noted that 185,825 residents of the state have benefited from the water and health center projects since the inception of Governor Ademola Adeleke.
She said that the Osun CSDA project is to complement the effort of the macro projects of Governor Ademola Adeleke.
Abokede stressed that with the help of the agency the present government has lives of people who are downtrodden, vulnerable, voiceless who would be easily forgotten.
According to her, About N2billon was committed to the Osun micro project.
“There is a in Bakassi in Ife-South which is 12 hours journey to and fro, if not because of the committed government and through the agency such places prior to this time never had presence of government.
“185,825 beneficiaries (91,286 males and females 94,439) from water and health center have benefited since the inception of Governor Ademola Adeleke.
“We are not relaxing, our agency is working to touching lives of people who are downtrodden, vulnerable, voiceless who would be easily forgotten.
“We commend the state government for support and we seek for more in the direction of Transformer and roads,” she added.