By Shina Abubakar Osogbo
Residents of Inisa in Odo-Otin local government area of Osun State have expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of government impact in the town.
They said infrastructure development in the town is self fund and called on both the Federal and State Governments to assist the community’s infrastructure drive to enhance its peoples’ socio-economic activities.
The residents who spoke on Saturday at the 34th Inisa Day celebration, however, said the unity in the community has brought a lot of development through personal efforts.
Speaking with newsmen, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun, said most of the infrastructure in the town was financed through contributions by the community, calling on both the federal and state governments to come to the town’s aid.
Oyedokun said: “This community is not only growing but developing. We’ve not been seeing the impact of the state and federal government in terms of development in this place, but we have that spirit of togetherness, and we’ve been doing things by ourselves.
“All the secondary schools and health centres we have in this community are all through communal efforts. Our roads are not good, but we hope that with the local government autonomy, this council will be able to take care of rural roads. We don’t have any impact on the government here. We need federal institution to stimulate socio-economic development in the town.
Corroborating Oyedokun, the former Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, Professor Labode Popoola, said the community is suffering from lack of government attention, adding that individuals have been responsible for most of the physical infrastructure in the town.
Prof. Popoola said: “We have our own fair share of challenges but something unique about Inisa is that we look inward for most of the things we do. If you look at some monuments that we have in this town, they are community-driven.
“We’ve been doing so much, but we will want to appeal to the government to come to our aid. Occasionally, they do but it is not as much as we think we deserve.”
In his remarks, the chairman, Inisa Descendants’ Union, Professor Olatunde Babawale, said the celebration was to showcase the rich culture of the town.
Prof. Babawale applauded Inisa indigenes and residents for their support and contributions, promising that the union will continue to work towards the development of the town.
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