By Tunde Olamilekan
A factional group in the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees in Osun State, under the umbrella of the Association of Concerned Local Government Workers said it would resume work on Monday, October 6, 2025.
The group vowed to defy the directive of Osun NULGE President Nathaniel Ogungbangbe, who had told local government workers in the state to stay off work.
The group accused Ogungbangbe of betrayal, alleging that the strike action declared months ago was self-serving.
Speaking at a press conference in Osogbo on Thursday, the coordinator of the group, Adebayo Adekunle, described the strike as “useless” and claimed Ogungbangbe had been enriching himself at the expense of workers.
He said the concerned workers would resume work with the reinstated chairmen under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Adekunle announced that a staff audit would commence upon resumption and warned that any worker who failed to report with their credentials, including letters of appointment and promotion, risked losing their job.
It has been almost seven months since this noble concerned group granted a press briefing on the needless strike called by Ogungbangbe’s NULGE. Today, we are in joyous mood that local government autonomy is finally in operation in Osun State,” he said.
He argued that the strike had brought hardship to workers, many of whom had been idle at home and battling illnesses.
He described Ogungbangbe’s leadership as “uncivilized, insensitive and cowardly,” insisting that the excuse of insecurity was no longer valid.
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