Osun ALGON, APC Trade Words Over NULGE National Endorsement For LG Workers To Continue With Stay-at-home

The Osun chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, (ALGON), has berated the state All Progressives Congress, APC, on its accusation of National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) National President,Comrade Aliyu Haruna Kankara, over his recent visit to the state.

Osun ALGON in a statement signed by its chairman, Hon Sarafadeen Abiodun Awotunde, on Saturday said the accusation of the Osun APC was a display of irrational political desperation, gratuitous act of public embarrassment akin to nakedness in the marketplace.

According to the Osun ALGON statement “We wish to categorically state that the position of the NULGE National President, validating the continued stay-at-home by local government workers due to the current administrative logjam, is a clear vindication of the responsible and lawful approach adopted by His Excellency, Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke six weeks ago.

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“It is a reinforcement of the commitment of this administration to due process, transparency, and respect for constitutional order in the governance of our local government system.

“The attempt by Osun APC to cast aspersions on the integrity of the NULGE National President, through baseless allegations of bribery and patronage, is nothing short of a display of irrational political desperation – a gratuitous act of public embarrassment akin to nakedness in the marketplace.”

Osun ALGON, however, cautioned the state APC again resorting to misinformation, blackmail, and character assassination.

“We reaffirm our unflinching support for Governor Adeleke’s efforts to restore sanity and legality to the grassroots level and commend the NULGE National President for standing with the truth and for the welfare of his members” Osun ALGON said.

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Meanwhile, the Osun APC in a statement issued on Friday by its Director of Media and Information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi, said the NULGE National President and his team were brought to the state to play dirty politics.

Osun APC warned the NULGE National President against being misled by by the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke.

The statement reads in part, ” We want to intimate the national leadership of the NULGE that he and the members of his executive were brought down to Osun State to play a dirty politics which is far from being the reality of the situation in all the local government council areas in the state.

“The leadership of the Osun State factionalized NULGE, with its activities , has been playing opposition roles against the APC more than the ruling party in the state.

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“It is necessary for Comrade Kankara to refuse to be misled by the administration of Governor Adeleke which can corrupt the holiest of the Angels in order to ensure that the rule of law is stabbed on the head without minding the negative consequences.

“We were expecting the so-called factionalized Osun State NULGE to have fed the visiting national NULGE President and the members of his executives with the information that one of the reinstated local government council chairmen, Hon Remi Abass, in charge of Irewole Local Government Council Area of the state and about five other members of our party were slaughtered like rams by the PDP hoodlums across the state sometime ago.

“We want to use this medium to plead with the national leadership of the NULGE to impress it on the factionalized state NULGE leadership to end the shunning of the local government councils which they embarked upon over two months ago which has subsequently crippled the third tier of government in the state since over two months ago.

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“The national President of the NULGE is hereby reminded that the Osun State Government flouted the advisories of the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Inspector-General of Police when the duo expressly told Governor Adeleke that there was no need for any local government council elections in the state as there were no vacancies.

“When a state government begins to be cantankerous with the Chief Law Officer of the country and the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the country, then there is more to that government that meets the eyes.

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“The National NULGE, for pecuniary gains, should not be tempted or rammed to be on the other side of the law of the country. Encouraging brazen disobedience to the Court of Appeal judgement will have grave and unmitigated consequences on the integrity of the NULGE.”