Concerns As LG Administration Remains Grounded In Osun
RESIDENTS of Osun State have lamented the hardship caused by the strike embarked by local government workers in the state.
Findings by OSUN DEFENDER revealed that official activities remained paralysed across the 30 LGAs of the state following workers’ withdrawal of service.
Recall that the Osun State Council of Nigeria Labour Congress withdrew the service of workers in all the local government areas across the state following the rights crisis to administer the local government between elected public functionaries on the platform of All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party.
The two political parties remained adamant about their own interpretation of existing judgements delivered at varying times by State, Federal, and Federal Courts of Appeal and laid claim to the right to govern at the third tier of government in the state.
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Findings in some of the local government secretariats visited by OSUN DEFENDER revealed the absence of hustling and bustling that used to characterise the secretariats daily apart from weekends.
It was learnt that each of the councils are losing in terms of internally generated revenue since the crisis broke out.
A worker in the account department of one of the LG who spoke with OSUN DEFENDER said the spillover of financial loss will surely have long-term adverse effects on the finances of local government, adding that it may not be easy to recover the loss of the present predicament if allowed to persist.
The medium also gathered that indigenes of Osun who are residing in other states and coming to obtain their Certificate of State of Origin could not access the secretariats.
Speaking with OSUN DEFENDER, Mr Abdulahi Adetunji, a native of Ede but residing in Abeokuta, lamented his inability to collect his certificate of local government origin under processing.
Adetunji, who claimed to be in a dilemma, regretted that he was supposed to attach the document with others for a job interview scheduled for Wednesday, March 11th, 2025.
Meanwhile, there seems to be no immediate solution to the imbroglio caused by the continued laying of claim to local government administration across Osun State by political functionaries who are supposed to serve the state’s people.
Yusuf Oketola is a trained journalist with over five years of experience in the media industry. He has worked for both print and online medium. He is a thorough-bred professional with an eye of hindsight on issues bothering on social justice, purposeful leadership, and a society where the leaders charge and work for the prosperity of the people.
