The Ekiti State House of Assembly has approved the creation of 19 Local Council Development Areas (LCDA) in the state.

The approval followed the passage of a bill for a law to provide for the creation of new Local Government Areas in Ekiti State and other Related Matters (2021).

The bill had on Wednesday passed all the expected readings and was unanimously passed into law at the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt Hon. Funminiyi Afuye.

Legislators expressed optimism that the initiative would further ensure the delivery of the dividends of democracy to the grassroots.

The state lawmakers were unanimous in their call for a speedy passage of the bill which amended the 2014 Principal law.

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