The Commissioner for Rural Development in Ogun State, Olufemi Ilori-Oduntan, has underscored the importance of rural development to the overall development of any nation.
Ilori-Oduntan, who spoke on the assumption of office at the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abeokuta, the State capital, on Monday, said the “Total resolve and pursuit of Prince Dapo Abiodun’s wellness in rural areas has helped in taming unchecked urbanisation which usually puts pressure on urban infrastructure.”
The commissioner, who was alongside the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Adewale Adetayo Olutimehin, and Senior Directors said the rural-urban drift check would prolong the life span of urban infrastructure, assuring that the Rural Access And Agricultural Marketing Project, as well as the Rural Water and Sanitation Agency which are development drivers in the hinterland under the ISEYA mantra of the Abiodun administration, would be reinvigorated for optimal…