Osun LG Disaster: Gov Adeleke Accuses Oyetola, Calls on Tinubu to Intervene
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has accused former governor and present Minister of Blue Financial system, Gboyega Oyetola, of fueling the disaster rocking the native authorities system within the state.
The governor known as on President Bola Tinubu to intervene urgently and restrain the minister, whom he described as the primary drive behind the breakdown of native authorities administration in Osun.
Adeleke stated the controversy surrounding the councils didn’t start beneath his administration. He insisted that the tenure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) native authorities chairmen resulted in 2025 and couldn’t be prolonged beneath Nigerian regulation or Supreme Court docket rulings.
He rejected Oyetola’s claims on the matter and blamed him for what he described as deliberate paralysis and struggling imposed on residents throughout the state.
In keeping with the governor, the APC chairmen have been faraway from workplace by a Federal Excessive Court docket judgment in 2022. He added that the Court docket of Enchantment later upheld the ruling and confirmed that newly elected chairmen and councillors from the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) had already been sworn in legally.
Adeleke recalled that the court docket sacked the APC officers as a result of their election was carried out in violation of the Electoral Act. He stated the regulation requires at the least one yr’s discover earlier than native authorities elections might be held.
He questioned why Oyetola went forward with the election shortly after dropping his re-election bid in 2022, regardless of realizing it didn’t meet authorized necessities.
The governor stated the previous governor should take accountability for the current disaster, which he claimed has crippled council actions and induced hardship for employees and residents.
Adeleke additional alleged that whereas the APC chairmen refused to vacate workplace regardless of court docket rulings, the minister ensured that native authorities allocations have been blocked.
He stated his authorities continued to pay employees’ salaries regardless of the {financial} constraints brought on by the seizure of council funds.
The governor expressed concern that native authorities workers have been struggling unnecessarily. He requested why Oyetola would like employees to wrestle after stopping the discharge of statutory allocations meant for the councils.
Adeleke described the minister’s denial of a breakdown in native authorities administration as disturbing and disrespectful to conventional rulers and council employees.
He stated many conventional rulers had not acquired their salaries, whereas council employees survived on diminished pay with out allowances.
He additionally accused APC loyalists and chairmen whose tenure had expired of harassing native authorities employees in latest weeks.
Elevating additional questions, Adeleke stated, “Underneath what authority is Mr Oyetola and his cronies within the guise of council chairmen disbursing funds meant for salaries of native authorities employees.
“Underneath what authority is he deciding who will get paid or not? Why are they not paying salaries of native well being employees, native academics and native retirees?”
The governor maintained that solely duly elected and sworn-in officers had the constitutional energy to handle council funds and oversee native administration.
He warned that continued interference within the affairs of the councils may deepen the disaster and weaken grassroots governance within the state.