The Nigeria Union of local government employees, NULGE, has told President Bola Tinubu to stop the abuse of democratic process in Osun State, noting that the spirit and letter of the law does not leave signatories to the Local Governments Accounts open, but emphatically restricts them to Director of Finance and Supply and Director of General Services and Administrations, with Local Government Chairmen and Heads of Local Government Administration to confirm all the payments.
Aliyu Kankara, NULGE president at a briefing in Abuja, is also asking the Accountant General of the Federation from whose office the letter of June 10, 2024 emerged to reconsider the stand of his office and be properly guided by the law on the issue
NULGE is equally calling on the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, not to recognize any intending signatories to the local governments Accounts in Osun State other than career officers who are designated as enshrined in the Local Government Financial Memorandum and Approved guidelines for the Administration of Local Government Areas in Osun State.
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NULGE Further appealled to the Governor of CBN, Minister of Finance and Accountant General of Federation to as a matter of urgency work together and ensure the release of the withheld Osun State Local
Government Allocation from January 2025 to date to the legitimate Local Government Officers as delivered by the Appeal Court Judgement of June 13, 2025 in Akure by Honourable Justice Peter Chudi Obiorah, JCA affirming the tenure of the democratically elected Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Local Government Chairmen in Osun State.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
