Union Accuses Fed Govt Of Illegality Over Release Of Osun Council Funds

Osun State section of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has accused the national authorities and its officials, the curate of finance, accountant-general of the federation and the attorney-general and curate of justness of Illegality successful the merchandise of section authorities funds to alleged amerciable governmental functionaries successful the state.

The president of Osun NULGE, Dr Nathaniel Ogungbangbe, who confirmed the merchandise of six months’ section authorities allocations to the governmental functionaries elected connected the level of the All Progressives Congress (APC), described the actions arsenic amerciable and vowed that his members would proceed to enactment astatine home.

Ogungbangbe contended that it is connected grounds that the Federal High Court of Nigeria connected 15th May 2025 ordered parties to support the presumption quo, an bid which helium said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has acknowledged arsenic hindering them from making payment. He added that it is successful nationalist cognition that the Federal High Court volition further beryllium connected the substance connected 29th September 2025.
His words: “We find this improvement precise scary and alarming. Paying section authorities allocations into privately opened and amerciable slope accounts for politicians is unbelievable, bizarre, and unprecedented successful Nigeria’s nationalist medication history.

“These funds were paid to the accounts opened by these APC men with United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, adjacent though owed process was not followed successful opening the accounts.

“We powerfully judge that if these 3 Principal Officers of the Federal Government and the full Federal Government which they correspond bash not person respect for our Constitution, which they person sworn to uphold, they ought to person respect for our Judicial Authorities, much peculiarly the Supreme Court of Nigeria, earlier whom the suit successful respect of these funds is presently pending”

Ogungbangbe, who disassociated his national from Illegality, insisted connected the regularisation of law, adding that the judgments of some the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal person removed politicians from Local Governments.

While urging Osun section authorities workers to workout patience, helium called connected President Bola Tinubu not to let illegality to thrive during his administration.