Chairman Ajoni LCDA,Ogungbemi Bags Multiple Awards

 

Femi Martins

Three different bodies have synergized to present an award of exceptional performance to the Chairman, Ajoni Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State, Prince Michael Ogungbemi.

The bodies namely  the Nigeria Union of Journalists,(NUJ)  Correspondents' Chapel, Ekiti State Chapter, Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, Ekiti State as well as  Evergreen Media Consult based in Lagos State while presenting the award to the Local Government boss on Wednesday said the award was in appreciation and recognition of Prince Ogungbemi's laudable and remarkable strides at curbing insecurity and encouraging children to attend schools.

Presenting the award at the Council's headquarters in Ayedun Ekiti,  the Chairman, NUJ, Correspondents' Chapel, Mr Raphael Ogbonnaiye, said  the council boss' initiatives at providing adequate security in his jurisdiction had yielded fruitful results for people to live peacefully and had  created an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.

The organizations noted that the actions and policies of the LCDA boss were having positive impacts on the populace, hence he was rated the Best Performing Local Government Administrator of the Year.

The media practitioners specifically lauded Ogungbemi's initiative at putting in place a Local Security Network codenamed  Operation EBBORAC that had helped in checkmating recurrent cases of kidnappings, killings and cattle rustling in the Council.

Similarly, the Ekiti State Chairman, Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, Ekiti State Command, Pastor Sunday Makinde and President, Evergreen Media Consults Lagos, noted that Prince Ogungbemi also performed creditably well in the areas of governance, Education and provision of social amenities for citizens in Ajoni LCDA. 

The award recipient, Prince Micheal Ogungbemi  expressed delight that  his plans and efforts  toward taming the rampaging bandits and kidnappers as well as boost education of children, were attracting local and international recognitions.

The Information Officer, Ajoni LCDA.Mr Bamisaiye Emmanuel reports that Prince Ogungbemi who appreciated the recognition  expressed readiness to continually wage relentless war against kidnappers, bandits and cattle rustlers that were holding people of the council by the jugular and disrupting economic activities.

He added that he was already in partnership with international organisations for the actualisation of his vision to make every child of school age  in the council enjoys unfettered  access to education with a view to reducing the menace of school dropouts in Ekiti.