By: Manoah Kikekon
The Local Government Accountability Forum (LoGAF) by Actionaid organised community accountability and service-delivery visit to hard to teach community in Badagry
The initiative aimed a viable connection among the local government authorities, community and the Non Governmental Organizations as they working in partnership to improve living conditions in Iragbo community.
The event took place on Wednesday 9th September, 2026, funded by Actionaid Nigeria in partnership with Humanity Family Foundation for Peace and Development
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The LoGAF framework was structured by constituting its committee. This was done to decentralize operations to council-based. The Vice Chairman of Badagry Local Government was selected as the committee chairman, alongside the Baale of Iragbo as Vice Chairman, a representative of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) as Public Relations Officer (PRO), ActionAid as Secretary, and the Head of Department (HOD) for Agriculture as Financial Secretary.
The community representative outlined the critical infrastructural and developmental challenges currently facing the Iragbo community. Among the pressing issues highlighted were the deplorable condition of the community healthcare facility, the urgent need for perimeter fencing at the primary school, low student turnout, a severe shortage of agricultural inputs and fertilizers, and a lack of accessible roads.
“ActionAid is here to make sure that as taxpayers and voters, the people should enjoy the dividends of democracy just as the people in the urban centers do,” Adebowale stated.
Rukayat Salaimon, an ActionAid/HUFFPED6 Sponsorship Officer, emphasized that the initiative is designed to bridge the communication gap between rural residents and local policymakers.
> “The residents called on the local government to address these challenges; we are making sure that the local government knows the pains of the communities and responds to them. In order to achieve this, ActionAid will still have to engage the local government to make sure the challenges of the people are noted and addressed, Salaimon explained.
Responding to the community's demands, the Vice Chairman of Badagry Local Government, Akeem Adeyemi, lauded the initiative for closing the gap between the government and grassroots populations. He assured residents that the administration would take immediate steps to address their concerns.
“From what ActionAid has started, they are bringing the government closer to the people. Since we resumed, it is clear that we have been doing a lot relating to health, and now our plan is to do something on agriculture, and definitely Iragbo will be considered. In terms of the fencing of this school, we will write to the right offices to do the needful,” Adeyemi assured.
Ezenne Theresa, the HOD for the Agriculture Department at Badagry Local Government, also expressed optimism about the partnership, noting that the administration remains committed to rural development.
“This is a journey of a thousand miles starting with one step. The Executive Chairman has been doing so much since his emergence, and we are going to take the people's message to him now. I can assure you that whenever he starts anything relating to agriculture, Iragbo will be considered,” Theresa said.
Echoing the sentiments of the community, the traditional ruler of Iragbo, Chief Thomas Agosu, the Baale of the community, commended ActionAid for its continued developmental interventions while urging the local council to expedite action on critical infrastructure.
“ActionAid has been doing their best, but the local government needs to come and do their part. For instance, the state of the healthcare center in this community is not good; the only facility we have in ward i, serving about 9 communities, we have just two staff, no equipment, and no fence to secure their property," he said.
"These are the things the local government needs to look into. On Agriculture, Iragbo people are predominantly farmers; we need farm implements and support for the farmers, as well as accessible roads to ease the challenges of transporting our farm produce to the market,” Chief Agosu concluded.