The people of Ayede-Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State have expressed anger over the location of the headquarters of Ifesowapo Local Council Development Authority (LCDA) at Isan-Ekiti, the country home of Governor Kayode Fayemi.
Addressing journalists in Ado Ekiti on Monday, the President of Ayede-Ekiti Progressive Union, Dr Ayo Ajayi, said, “We deserve to have the headquarters of the LCDA in Ayede because it has better historical and economic backgrounds.”
Dr Ajayi further said the town felt cheated and degraded with the siting of the LCDA headquarters in Fayemi’s town without considering Ayede-Ekiti.
He, therefore, appealed to Gov Fayemi to reconsider his position and create a new LCDA for Ayede-Ekiti, clarifying that the town was not in any way asking for the removal of the one already sited at Isan-Ekiti, but insisted that the governor had to be fair to the aggrieved town as a friendly neighbour for peaceful co-existence.
But dispelling the feelings that the governor was bias with the choice of Isan-Ekiti as the headquarters, the Commissioner for Information, Akin Omole, said the process leading to the creation of the LCDAs was fair and transparent.
Omole said, “The process was fair and credible. Gov Fayemi did it to improve development at the grassroots. So, I appeal to Ayede-Ekiti people to write formally to the government and make their grievances known.
“This is a democracy, constructive engagement with government can resolve so many issues, and I advise that they engage the government on this issue.”
