In a statement issued by
the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi in Ado Ekiti.
Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti on
Sunday declared that every single community in the state would be allowed to
have input into the 2017 budget so as to make it people-oriented.
The statement quoted Fayose
to have said that traditional rulers, local chiefs and community leaders would
be consulted to offer suggestions before the final ratification of the budget.
The governor said he has
already commenced collating the views and opinions of community leaders in the
preparation of the 2017 Budget,
According to him, this will
produce a document that truly reflect the needs of the people and not that of
government alone
“It is my belief that this
type of bottom-to-top approach being adopted by the government in preparing the
budget will ensure prioritising the needs of the people.
“State officials cannot
just sit down in Ado-Ekiti and choose what the people want in the various
communities for the government to accommodate in the budget; it must be
participatory and all-embracing.
“If we say let us for
instance do a road project somewhere, the most important need of the people of
that community could be a health facility.
“We want people’s
participation in the preparation of the budget so as to affect their lives
positively and meet with them at very point of their need”, he said.
The governor also promised
that his administration will not leave any abandoned project behind while
leaving office.
Fayose advised community
leaders to hold meetings with their people as well as collate their needs and
forward same to their local government chairmen.
“Such documents will get to
us at the state level and we want to assure all that we will try as much as
possible and within available resources to touch many communities, ” he said
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