Osun APC, Govt Trade Words Over Alleged Bribe To Striking NULGE Workers
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has accused the state government of giving monetary inducements to striking local government workers.
The APC, in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of paying millions of naira to leaders of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) to sustain their eight-month strike.
OSUN DEFENDER reports that workers in the council areas have stayed away from work since February 17, 2025 owing to the protracted leadership crisis facing the third-tier of government in the state.
According to the statement, Heads of Local Government Administration in all 69 councils and development areas received ₦750,000 each, while Directors of Administration and Finance got ₦500,000 with other directors getting ₦250,000.
It further claimed that NULGE chairmen across the councils also received financial rewards from the state government.
Describing the alleged payments as shameful, absurd and unpatriotic, the APC said the action had worsened hardship in rural areas and exposed traditional rulers and residents to needless suffering.
The party also accused the governor of being behind the delay in the payment of federal allocations to local governments, contrary to claims that the opposition and federal agencies were responsible.
But the state government, through Governor Adeleke’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, dismissed the allegations as baseless and politically motivated.
Rasheed said the APC’s claims were a new bag of lies, insisting that the NULGE leadership remained independent and had not received any inducement from the government.
He accused the opposition party of disrespecting court rulings and attempting to illegally reclaim control of local councils, urging the public to ignore what he described as the APC’s desperate propaganda.
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