No fewer than 17 traditional rulers and 440 chiefs in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State have appealed to Governor Ademola Adeleke to pay their outstanding seven months’ salaries.
The appeal was made by the Oloyan of Oyan in a video circulating on social media, where he lamented the financial difficulties facing the monarchs and chiefs over the alleged non-payment of their entitlements.
Addressing the governor, the monarch said the affected traditional rulers and chiefs were struggling to meet their financial obligations after going seven months without salaries.
“Governor Ademola Adeleke, we the kings are hungry. You are starving us, the kings and also the chiefs. Pay us our salaries; you have not paid us for seven months,” he said.
The monarch called on Adeleke to intervene and ensure the outstanding payments were released to ease the hardship being experienced by the affected traditional institutions.
The development comes amid the lingering dispute over control of local government councils in Osun State and the release of statutory allocations, which has reportedly affected the financial operations of the councils.