Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has set up a committee for the creation of local government council development areas in the state.

Fayemi explained that “to bring government nearer to the people and ensure more rapid development in the rural areas in line with the administration’s five-pillar development agenda.”

The governor made this known in a statement titled by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode.

The 13-member committee, which is headed by Mr Segun Oluwole, was given three months within which to deliver on its mandate.

Members of the committee are Mrs. Shola Gbenga-Igotun (Secretary), Dr Femi Akinola; Mr Victor Akinola, Mrs Sade Daramola, Mr Joseph Olaito, Mrs Emily Fagesi and Mr. Remi Obaparusi, among others.