Gov Ademola Adeleke, We The Kings Are Hungry, You’re Starving Us and The Chiefs. Pay Us Our Salaries! — Osun Traditional Ruler Oloyan Cries Out As 17 Obas And 440 Chiefs Go Seven Months Without Pay
A traditional ruler in Osun State, Oloyan, has raised the alarm over the alleged non-payment of salaries to traditional rulers and chiefs in Odo-Otin Local Government Area, saying 17 kings and 440 chiefs have not received their salaries for seven months.
In a video circulating online, the traditional ruler appealed directly to Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, lamenting the hardship caused by the alleged delay in payment.
“Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, we the kings are hungry. You’re starving us, the kings, and also the chiefs. Pay us our salaries; you’ve not paid us for seven months,” he said.
Speaking further, Oloyan said none of the 17 kings and 440 chiefs in the local government had received their salaries in the past seven months.
“Nurudeen Jackson Ademola Adeleke, the king is hungry. We have 17 kings and 440 chiefs, and none of them has received a salary for the past seven months. Imagine the votes that will come from each of them, yet they are the ones who are not being paid. And we are saying we have people dying; it is obviously because of the struggles they are going through,” he said.
When asked to appeal to President Bola Tinubu to release the funds meant for local governments, the traditional ruler responded:
“President Tinubu has done what he was supposed to do, and he loves the king because he is an Omoluabi, so he has nothing to do with this. Please, help us beg the Osun State Government, Nurudeen Jackson Ademola Adeleke, to pay our salaries.”
