The Kwara State Government in its effort to combat the Covid-19 scourge has inaugurated Local Government technical committees within the sixteen Local Government Areas of the State.
The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Aisha Ahman Pategi, thrill the Ministry and led the Directors of Personnel Management (DPM) of all the Local Government Areas of Kwara State in a meeting with the Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19.
The Honorable Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Aisha Ahman Pategi reiterated the importance of setting up this committee at Local Government level in line with the vision of His Excellency, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to pioneer creative ideas and innovation by prioritizing the welfare of the citizens of the state. The move will bring awareness and coordination to the grassroots through the ministry of local government directorate.
She further commended the leadership of His Excellency, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq since the onset of the pandemic.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Raji Razak, described the move as historic because Kwara State is localizing its campaign by bringing the efforts to the grassroots where the most vulnerable are found.
The committee will work based on a report template that will be structured into five work groups as follows:
1. Local Government Medical Advisory
2. Policy Enforcement, Ward and Protection
3. Public Education and Awareness/Media
4. Palliative/Grassroot Mobilization and Engagement
5. Economic and Agric Strategy for Identification/Sustainability of Economic Opportunities and Agricultural Sustainability for Food Production during and after the COVID-19 crisis
Each local committee will work within the Local Government Area and submit reports to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, who will in turn process them and send to the state technical committee.
The Honorable Commisoner for Local government, Hon. Aisha Ahman Pategi hinted that the next step of the team would be setting up technical committee at the ward level. This will create structure and information flow from ward to LGA and then to the State and Federal level. “With this steps it’s obvious the Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq led administration is setting pace and making history” she stressed.
