The Chairman of the Osun State chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Sarafadeen Awotunde has called on President Bola Tinubu to direct and inform the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to open Local Government allocation accounts for the duly elected Chairmen in the state.
It would recalled that chairmen under the ruling People Democratic party (PDP) was elected in an election conducted by Osun State Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) held February 22, 2025.
Awotunde made the call while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday at the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs at the State Government Secretariat, condemned the actions of the CBN Osun Controller, who they alleged had illegally released forms to “impostors”
The chairman warned the CBN controller to avoid actions that could create artificial anarchy in the state.
He charged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to concede to defeat not behave like bad losers.
He said, “We are sure that our president who is our father is not aware of what they are doing in Osun State.
“We the new elected chairmen are silent and we don’t make trouble, we appreciate all our civil servants, we don’t want anarchy, chaos in Osun State but enough is enough.
“We are sure that our president who is our father is not aware of what they are doing in Osun State, we are appeal to APC that if they rejoice when they won, try to have the spirit to concede to defeat, don’t become a bad loser, they are behaving as one.
“We appreciate our Governor for the fatherly and mature roles he played during the imbroglio. What the CBN Osun Controller has done is illegal by releasing even one form to those imposters.
“We appeal to Accountant-General of the Federation, Ministry of Finance to do what is right.
“The president has spoken that all the governors should go and open accounts for LGs and there is only four signatories, the HLA, duly elected chairmen not dismissed one, director of finance are the appropriate persons for the accounts, we appeal to the president to redirect, reinform to the AGF and direct CBN not to create artificial anarchy in any state.” he said.
