Reinstated native authorities chairmen below the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Osun State have pledged to recall over 1,500 dismissed employees and clear excellent wage arrears owed to conventional rulers, following the discharge of withheld federal allocations to councils.
The federal authorities had withheld the allocations since February 2025 resulting from a management dispute between APC and Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP.
The funds have been ultimately launched in September into accounts operated by the APC chairmen.
Chairman of the Affiliation of Native Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, within the APC faction, Abiodun Idowu, introduced the event throughout a press briefing in Osogbo on Friday.
He reaffirmed the dedication of the APC-led executives to restoring efficient grassroots governance throughout the state.
Idowu maintained that the reinstated chairmen remained the authentic directors of the 30 native authorities councils and the realm workplace, as affirmed by the Courtroom of Attraction judgment delivered on February 10, 2025.
“Our mandate, freely given by the individuals of Osun State in the course of the October 2022 native authorities elections, was briefly interrupted however now restored by the court docket. We’re again to serve and ship dividends of democracy on the grassroots,” Idowu stated.
He disclosed that the APC chairmen had concluded plans to re-engage the 1,500 employees disengaged by the current administration, together with lecturers, well being employees, O’YES cadets, and O’Meal distributors employed below the previous Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s administration.
“Plans are ongoing to recall and re-engage the 1,500 lecturers employed by the final APC authorities however sacked by the present administration. We will even recall the dismissed well being employees, O’YES cadets, and O’Meal distributors. Past recalling them, we are going to offset a part of their salaries and emoluments. It is a coverage assertion, not politics,” Idowu said.
He added that preparations had additionally been made to clear arrears owed to conventional rulers, noting that the chairmen thought-about the welfare of monarchs crucial to native administration and neighborhood peace.
“The normal rulers will even profit from the brand new growth as we have now concluded plans to clear their excellent allowances and entitlements,” he assured.
The ALGON chairman, nevertheless, accused the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke of allegedly utilizing the Nigeria Union of Native Authorities Staff, NULGE, and different affiliated teams to impede the discharge of the federal allocations meant for councils.
He argued that the funds might have alleviated monetary pressures affecting the councils, conventional rulers, lecturers, and well being employees if launched earlier.
“These funds have been meant to drive native growth, however political interference delayed their launch,” Idowu alleged.
Idowu additional dismissed claims that the APC-led council executives have been making an attempt to divert native authorities funds by unauthorised deductions, describing such experiences as baseless fabrications geared toward discrediting their return to workplace.
He urged residents of the state to stay calm and supportive, promising that the restored native authorities management would give attention to neighborhood growth, job creation, and restoring public confidence in native governance.
