NULGE Calls for Release of Withheld Osun State Local Government Allocation

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The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the contentious issue of withheld Osun State Local Government Allocation, calling for the release of the funds to the legitimate council officials. NULGE National President, Comrade Aliyu Kankara, accused the Accountant General of the Federation of attempting to supplant extant law and recognize impostors as signatories to the Local Governments' accounts in Osun State. The union also called for the recognition of only career officers designated as Director of Finance and Supplies and Director of Administration and General Services as signatories to the Local Governments' accounts, as enshrined in the Local Government Financial Memorandum and Approved guidelines.

Key Takeaways:

  • The NULGE has called for the release of the withheld Osun State Local Government Allocation from March 2025 till date to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Council Officials.
  • The union accused the Accountant General of the Federation of attempting to supplant extant law and recognize impostors as signatories to the Local Governments' accounts in Osun State.
  • NULGE National President, Comrade Aliyu Kankara, singled out one Okolie Rita from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation for directing that any two of the Chairmen, Treasurers, or Directors of Finance and Administration or Personnel Management in each of the Local Governments in Osun State should endorse an application letter for the opening and maintenance of the accounts.
  • The union insisted that only the Director of Finance and Supplies and Director of Administration and General Services, along with Local Government Chairmen and Heads of Local Government Administration, are authorized to sign Local Governments' accounts, as per the Local Government Financial Memorandum and Approved guidelines.
  • NULGE also called for the Accountant General of the Federation from whose office the letter of June 10, 2025, emerged to reconsider the stand of his office and be properly guided by the law.
  • The union accused State actors of creating an atmosphere of discord and throwing clogs in the wheel of progress of Osun State Local Governments by working in contravention of the judgement of July 14th, 2024, on Local Government Fiscal Autonomy.
  • NULGE National President, Comrade Aliyu Kankara, emphasized that the intention and efforts of the saboteurs tend to deny the good people of Osun State of the abundant benefits derivable from the Local Government Fiscal Autonomy.

Statistics:

  • The withheld Osun State Local Government Allocation has been from March 2025 till date.
  • The judgement of the Appeal Court on June 13th, 2025, affirmed the tenure of the democratically elected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Local Government Chairmen in Osun State.
  • The Local Government Financial Memorandum and Approved guidelines enshrine the Director of Finance and Supplies and Director of Administration and General Services as signatories to the Local Governments' accounts.
  • The Supreme Court judgement on Local Government Fiscal Autonomy has been repeatedly referenced as a basis for direct payment of the Local Government Allocation to their respective Accounts.

Sources:

  • NULGE National President, Comrade Aliyu Kankara (Exact as mentioned in the original text)
  • Okolie Rita, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (Exact as mentioned in the original text)
  • Local Government Financial Memorandum and Approved guidelines (Exact as mentioned in the original text)
  • The Appeal Court Judgement of 13th June 2025 (Exact as mentioned in the original text)
  • The judgement of July 14th, 2024, on Local Government Fiscal Autonomy (Exact as mentioned in the original text)