Press Statement
(10/11/2026)
WE ARE WITH STRIKING OSUN WORKERS
We express solidarity with the striking workers of Osun State in pursuit of the release of the withheld local government funds and urge the federal government authorities to release those funds without further delay.
The non-release of these funds has caused considerable damage to governance at the local government council level with collateral implications.
There is no justification whatsoever for the continued seizure of these funds other than to prove the point that the federal government is above the law.
However, we do not need this level of intimidation or armtwisting in a democracy.
The federal government can not cherrypick which decisions of courts to obey and which it will not.
We commend the Osun workers for conducting themselves with utmost decorum in prosecuting this action, and we urge them to keep it so….always peaceful.
Comrade Benson Upah
Acting General Secretary