• As NULGE plans to resume work after 11 months strike

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State have described the police command decision to neutralize threat to peace across

Adeleke in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, described workers under NULGE to resume work as positive development for the grassroots.

He added that the police decision to strengthen security across the council area secretariats in a bid to nip any security issue in the bud as welcome development to ensure peace is not disrupted across the State.

“As much as I’m commending the NULGE leadership, I must also appreciate the Inspector General of Police, the Assistant Inspector General of Police for Zone 11 and the Osun state Commissioner of Police for their commitment to provide security cover for lawful resumption of activities at the various council secretariats.

“The police command has acted responsibly to prevent anarchy and violence being plotted by some elements. The prompt action of the police has nipped in the bud any untoward happening across our secretariats. We hope to see the Command following through its directive against the evil plot to disrupt workers’ resumption of duty.

While disclosing that his administration is not against local government autonomy, he stressed, “the presidential decision on local autonomy has good intentions of devolving good governance to the local level. We support it. What we however advocate is that rule of law and due process must never be sacrificed on the altar of political shenanigans”.

Also, a statement issued by the APC’s Director of Media and Information in the State, Kola Olabisi, described the 11 months strike as a sympathy abscondment from duty with Governor Ademola Adeleke, commending the zeal with which the police is handling the “absconded workers” decision to resume back to duty.

“The police approach to the issue of the resumption of the absconding local government workers is a demonstration of professional zeal which is a necessary attribute in a genuine democratic dispensation.

“We are not unmindful of the superlative constitutional roles of the Nigeria Police and other sister statutory security services who have been keeping peace at the various local government council areas since the reinstatement of the APC council chairmen and councillors by the Court of Appeal on the 10th of February, 2025.

The party tasked its reinstated council officials to, “receive the returnee council workers with an open hand within the limit of the rules and regulations guiding their engagement.

“We are also assuring the good people of Osun State that since the absconding council workers have changed over a new leaf, the development would translate to the rapid development at the grassroots level of government in the state in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu”, it added.