The Oloyan of Oyan in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Kilani Adekeye, has raised an alarm over the alleged non-payment of his and other monarchs’ statutory salaries by the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The monarch, in a video circulating online, said, “We the Obas and Chiefs are hungry. In Odo-Otin, we have 17 Obas with over 400 chiefs. All of us have wives and children, and for the past 7 months, we have not received any money. Help us to tell Governor Adeleke that he is suffering us.”
He recalled that Governor Adeleke allegedly once owed monarchs eight months’ salaries, which they had to agitate for before it was paid.
“It is not good for a monarch to be begging before he eats. I spent five weeks at LUTH in Lagos, and it became a problem for me to pay my medical bills,” he added.
He lamented that this is the seventh month that monarchs in Osun State get paid last, a situation he said has left traditional rulers in hardship.
However, when asked to appeal to President Bola Tinubu to release the over ₦200 billion withheld local government allocations, the monarch replied that Tinubu has no hand in what is happening in the state.
“The President has done what is expected of him concerning the local government allocations. Tinubu loves the kings, and nothing concerns him about what is on ground,” he stated.
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