VIDEO: Osun monarch decries seven months’ unpaid salaries, appeals to Adeleke

The Oloyan of Oyan, Oba Adekeye Oluyeye. Credit: Osun Defender

The Oloyan of Oyan, Oba Adekeye Oluyeye, has appealed to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, over the alleged non-payment of salaries of traditional rulers and chiefs for seven months.

The monarch, speaking in Yoruba, made the appeal in a video posted on Facebook by Osogbo Updates on Wednesday.

“The king is starving. They are starving the king and chiefs,” he said.

Oluyeye said the affected traditional rulers in Odo Otin were many, putting the number at 17 kings and 440 chiefs.

“In this Odo Otin, there are 17 kings. The chiefs alone are 440,” he said.

He claimed that none of them had been paid in the past seven months, adding that “this is the seventh month that has ended.”

The monarch also complained about the rising cost of living, saying it had worsened the situation.

“With the way things are expensive, we are many. It is frustrating. Isn’t it?” he said.

Oluyeye said President Bola Tinubu had played his part, saying: “The President has done what is proper.”

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He asked that his message be passed on to the governor.

“Please tell Ademola, hunger is killing the king. He is really starving the king,” he said.

PUNCH Online reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress directed workers in Osun State to embark on a three-day sympathy strike on Sunday over the continued withholding of local government statutory allocations.

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𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐎𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬’ 𝐔𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐤𝐞

Credit: Facebook | Osogbo Updates
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