Hon. Bamidele Salam, a member of the Home of Representatives, says funds meant for native governments in Osun state have been withheld by the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Authorities for about one yr.
Salam mentioned legitimately elected native authorities chairmen and councillors within the state have been prevented from accessing their secretariats.
He alleged that “illegitimate occupiers”, aided by the police, have continued to put siege to native authorities secretariats regardless of court docket judgements.
Salam, nonetheless, mentioned Governor Ademola Adeleke has continued to assist native authorities obligations regardless of the scenario, including that the governor has continued to pay the salaries of native authorities employees within the state.
Salam added that Adeleke has additionally maintained main healthcare centres and paid the salaries of main faculty lecturers.
He mentioned the governor has additionally continued to undertake different statutory obligations of native governments.
Salam mentioned Adeleke has sacrificed some advantages to make sure the supply of tasks and programmes that enhance the welfare of residents.
“He denies himself and different state officers of many statutory advantages in an effort to ship on tasks and programmes that promote the peoples effectively being. Let’s vote for him once more on the fifteenth of August in order that this nice work can proceed,” he mentioned.