The Osun State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employee, NULGE, has cried over the release of the withheld council funds to the “sacked” All Progressives Congress, APC officials.
It described it as an abuse of power by officials of the Federal Government.
The Federal Government had withheld allocation due to Osun State Local Government Council Areas following the standstill at the council as both the APC elected officials and that of the Peoples Democratic Party lay claim to control of the secretariats.
The dispute led to withdrawal of services by workers at the council since February this year.
NATIONAL POST reports that emerging indications show that the funds have been released to the former APC chairmen.
The State Chairmen of NULGE, Nathaniel Ogungbangbe, along with Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Chairman, Dr Christopher Arapasopo and other NULGE leaders, while addressing journalists at the State Secretariat in Osogbo on Sunday, said NULGE members would not work with the “sacked” council chairman despite release of six months allocation to them.
Ogungbangbe criticised the Minister of Finance, Accountant General of the Federation, the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Central Bank of Nigeria for releasing the council fund to the illegal officials, wondering why they decided to jettisoned the rule of law for politicking.
“We have it on good authority that these three Principal Officers of the Federal Government have released the Osun State Local Government Councils Allocations for the month of March, 2025 to August, 2025 to the illegal Bank Accounts opened by court-sacked APC Chairmen and Councilors.
“We find this development very scary and alarming. Paying Local Government Allocations into privately opened and illegal Bank Accounts of politicians is unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented in the history of public administration in Nigeria," he stated.
