Osun LG crisis: Low turnout as council workers resume duties

Shina Abubakar, Osogbo

Low turnout marred section authorities workers crossed Osun State aft an eight-month onslaught implicit power situation astatine the 3rd tier of government.

Recall that aggrieved assembly workers, done their Coordinator, Comrade Adedayo Adekunle, had past week called connected others to resume work, describing their eight-month-old onslaught arsenic unnecessary, portion the NULGE President insisted that the stay-at-home would continue.

The workers unopen down the assembly since February this year, pursuing the impasse betwixt the PDP and APC elected assembly officials.

The protracted situation kept assembly offices locked until recently, erstwhile the Federal Government recognised the reinstated APC chairmen by releasing six months withheld allocations to the LGA accounts operated by them.

Vanguard portion monitoring resumption connected Monday, observed that workers resumed work successful Boripe, Orolu, Obokun, Osogbo, Olorunda, Ifelodun, Ayedire, and Ilesa West section authorities areas of Osun State amid dense security.

It was however, observed that determination was a debased turnout of workers astatine the section authorities areas of the authorities that were visited connected Monday contempt a dense information presence.

The Chairman of Olorunda LGA, Hon Kunle Kudaisi addressing newsmen dispelled the assertion that the assembly has been nether fastener and cardinal since February 2025, saying, “We person been attending to our duty successful the LG, but contiguous the NULGE formally resumed, arsenic you tin spot them hanging around.”

He lamented that galore of the workers could not resume due to the fact that galore of them went to the Osun State Secretariat for their promotion letters.
“We person the NLUGE who has resumed and besides the governmental bureau holder we are afloat connected ground, truthful determination is nary occupation astatine all.”

He appealed to different workers to resume arsenic helium assured that the situation is harmless for everyone including the residents.

A idiosyncratic astatine Olorunda LGA named Kuburat Aderemi expressed joyousness implicit the resumption, saying that “the closure of councils made america not person entree to cooperative, deductions among others. There is nary insecurity astatine the council, I bask different workers resuming duty.”

Also, the LG president of Ifelodun, Hassan Kamo welcomed workers to the council, stating that “civil servants are landlords of LGAs secretariats portion we, politicians are tenants, I americium gladsome to spot them resuming aft 8 months.”

Boripe Council Chair, Sikiru Odebunmi, reiterated his committedness to ensuring the information and information of workers nether his administration.

Attempts to talk with the APC factional Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria(APC), Abiodun Idowu, was abortive arsenic helium refused to prime up his calls and respond to substance messages sent to his telephone arsenic astatine the clip of filing this report.

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