…seeks implementation of anti-open grazing law, others
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide, has called on the Local Government Councils Chairmen in the state to complement Governor Dapo Abiodun’s efforts by embarking on the rehabilitation and upgrade of more primary health facilities at the grassroot level.
Elemide, stated this, while responding to the submission of a member representing Yewa North II State Constituency, Hon. Wahab Haruna during a plenary conducted in Yoruba Language at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The speaker divulged that there was need for the councils to contribute to the health needs of the rural people, recalling that the present administration in the State had earlier embarked on massive rehabilitation, reconstruction and upgrade of some health facilities across the State.
He noted that more needed to be done by Government to ensure that most of the Primary Health Care Centres were renovated and equipped, especially for the benefit of the rural dwellers.
Earlier in his presentation, Hon. Haruna had sought for the State Government’s intervention in ensuring the renovation and upgrade of health facilities in his constituency to cater for the needs of the residents including Ijoun, Eegua, Igbokofin, Ebute-Igbooro and Ihunbo.
He noted that the recent outbreak of water borne diseases had made it expedient for them to have access to quality healthcare facilities.
Meanwhile, the Speaker also called on necessary government agencies to ensure a holistic implementation of the State Anti-open Grazing Law, with a view to controlling the movement of herds across the State.
Elemide equally made the call at the plenary while recounting on the report he received the previous day that some herders were moving cattle on the major road in the State.
He stressed that the full implementation of the law would bring about sanity and enhance safety of the motoring public, saying that the attitude herders was against the existing law.
