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LG Crisis: How We Are Surviving Without Salaries – Osun Monarchs

ByKazeem Badmus

PublishedOctober 10, 2025

Some traditional rulers in Osun State have explained how they were surviving without their salaries, which have not been paid for the past eight months.

OSUN DEFENDER reports that the imbroglio over the local government allocations led to the non-payment of salaries to the monarchs.

It would be recalled that the allocations due to local governments in the state were withheld by the federal government for eight months due to the leadership tussle between the council officials elected under the All Progressives Congress and those elected under the Peoples Democratic Party.

While the APC council chairmen who were sacked by a federal high court were claiming they had been returned by the Court of Appeal, Akure, the PDP council officials were also claiming to be the authentic LG chairmen.

Meanwhile, the federal government has reportedly released the local government allocations to chairmen elected under the APC.

Speaking with OSUN DEFENDER, a royal father in Oriade Local Government, said he has been surviving with farming.

The traditional ruler, who does not want his name in print, said the non-payment of his salaries has not deterred him from performing his responsibilities at home.

“I have farmland and I have been surviving through that. I am a farmer and most of the money I spend comes from farming. Even when I was getting paid, my farm is my major source of income,” the monarch stated.

Another traditional ruler in Ayeedade Local Government Area told OSUN DEFENDER that his children have been supporting him since the salary stopped.

The monarch urged the federal and state governments to resolve the local government issue, adding that people at the grassroots were the ones bearing the brunt.

“My children are the ones paying me salaries even though I don’t really want that to happen. They can’t leave their father alone. I hope this issue will be resolved very quickly.

“We, the monarchs, will find a way to keep growing and living well, but the real problem is the people at the grassroots. They are the ones suffering the consequences of the fight between the two political parties,” the traditional ruler who spoke on condition of anonymity said.

OSUN DEFENDER reports that the local government Chairmen elected under the All Progressives Congress recently promised to clear the arrears owed to the traditional rulers by the state government.

The leader of the APC chairmen, Hon. Abiodun Idowu, stated this in a statement nike air monarch black jcpenney sale today price, noting that, “Plans are ongoing to recall and re-engage the 1,500 teachers employed by the last APC government of former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola but sacked by the present administration.

“Our Kabiyesis, sacked teachers, health workers, O’YES and O’Meal workers will smile again,” he declared.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in a suit filed by the Osun state government seeking to restrain the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from releasing the withheld Local Government funds to the Local Government chairmen elected on the APC.

The judgment was reserved by Justice Uwani Aba’aji after listening to arguments from counsels to the state government and the AGF, Musbau Adetumbi, SAN, and Chief Akin Olujimi, SAN, respectively.

Justice Aba’aji, who led a 7-man panel of Justices in Tuesday’s proceedings, announced that the date Our highlights this week include the new Nike golf shoes for judgment delivery in the suit with Number, SC/CV/773/2025 would be communicated to the two parties when it is ready.

The Osun Attorney General had, in the suit, sought an order of the apex court directing the AGF to immediately release the statutory allocations to Chairmen and Councilors validly elected for the 30 Local Government Areas of the Osun state.

The Osun Attorney General had said the AGF was wrong in his letter recognizing the APC Local Government chairmen when the matter was pending before the court of records.

He also predicated his case on the ground that the election that brought in the APC officials as Local Government chairmen and Councillors had been nullified by a Federal High Court and upheld by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.

Adetumbi, while presenting the case of the plaintiff, pleaded with the seven Justices to uphold his arguments and grant all the reliefs sought by his client.

However, Akin Olujimi SAN urged the apex court to dismiss air jordan 6 toro the case of the plaintiff on various grounds.

Kazeem Badmus

Kazeem Badmus is a graduate of Mass ir jordan 11 low ie bred 199 Communication with years of experience. A professional in journalism and media writing, Kazeem prioritses accuracy and factual reportage of issues. He is also a dexterous finder of the truth with conscious delivery of unbiased and development oriented stories.