Your Resolve To Resume Work Is Commendable
- Osun APC Lauds NULGE
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commended the Osun State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees NULGE under the auspices of Association of Concerned Local Government Staff in Osun State for ending the protracted withdrawal of services in all the local government council areas in the state.
It would be recalled that the leadership of the state chapter of the NULGE had needlessly directed its members to withdraw their services under the excuse that it could not guarantee the safety of the lives of their members following the violence visited on the council secretariats by the political hoodlums loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which resulted into the killing of one of the reinstated APC local government council chairmen, Hon Remi Abass, of Irewole Local Government Council Area, Ikire, and other opposition party members across the state.
The Court of Appeal, Akure Division, in its judgement of 10th of February, 2025, had reinstated the APC local government council chairmen and councillors followed by timely interpretation of the said judgement by the nation’s Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, advising Governor Ademola Adeleke that there would not be any need for another elections at the local government councils as there were no vacancies.
Governor Adeleke also called the bluff of the Inspector-General of Police who advised him to put the elections on hold predicating the reason on the fact that the security report on the proposed election wasn’t favourable.
Since the local government workers withdrew their services, government at the grassroots level under the administration of Governor Adeleke had failed as the citizens who were in urgent need of statutory services of the local government faced untold hardship and depravity.
The press conference addressed by the Co-ordinator of the Association of Concerned Local Governments In Osun State, Mr Adedayo Adekunle and the Secretary, Akin Adepoju, in Osogbo, on Saturday was an indication that there are government workers who are patriotic, selfless and empathetic.
We, as a party, align with the profound reasons expressed by the forward-looking NULGE chieftains for the unconditional resumption of all the council workers as the strike ab initio was designed to enrich the leadership of the union.
When one thinks of many residents of Osun State who have been exposed to hardship, emotional torture and depravity because of the strike by the council workers, it would not be out of tune to praise the resolution of the Association of the Concerned Local Government Councils of Nigeria directing NULGE staff to end the strike and resume work immediately.
We strongly commend the bold step of the NULGE to end the unjustifiable withdrawal of their services as their resumption would bring succour to the mass of citizens who in the last one month have been frustrated by the mindless sit-at-home.
e-SIGNED:
Mogaji KOLA OLABISI, Osun State APC Director of Media and Information.
