The factional Chairman of Osun State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Adedayo Adekunle, has ordered the local government workers in the state to resume work in their respective local government councils across the state after the 8-month strike.
Addressing a press conference at the Correspondents’ Chapel in Osogbo on Thursday, Adekunle said the protracted strike was unwarranted, noting that the excuse that the local government council secretariats were not safe was no longer tenable.
Local government workers in Osun State abandoned their offices in March 2025, owing to the bloody clash between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party over the control of the local government system in the state.
The leadership of the Osun State Chapter of the NULGE ordered the local government workers in the state to stay away from their offices for their safety.
Adekunle said, ‘It is uncivilised for a union leader to resolve unilaterally to call a strike which has lasted for over seven months. We say enough is enough.
‘The excuse of insecurity is no longer tenable; no insecurity anywhere. We are the landlords of local government secretariats; it is unheard of that the landlords quit their property for all kinds of pests and animals to occupy.’
‘We do not belong to any political party, and so parties’ legitimacy tussle should not deter us from going to our offices,’ Adekunle said.