Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has described the Saturday’s local government elections in the state as “a mere waste of tax payers’ money.”
Oyintiloye, a member of defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), made the remark while speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Osogbo.
He noted that since the Court of Appeal, Akure, in its judgment, reinstated the sacked the APC local government chairmen and councillors, the conduct of another election was “illegal and exercise in futility.”
The APC chieftain said that at the appropriate time, the state government would be asked to account for the money wasted on the election.
He, however, appealed to the Federal Government to release the monthly local government allocation to the reinstated chairmen.
Oyintiloye said that the allocation would allow the chairmen to fast-track development at the grassroots, which he claimed had been neglected since their purported sack in 2022.
He said that since the chairmen had lost considerable time, with less than nine months left to end their tenure, the timely release of the allocation would enable them to embark on developmental projects at the grassroots.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, also commended the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, for displaying a high level of professionalism in handling security issues and abuse of power in the state.
According to him, since 2022, when the chairmen were sacked, there is no tangible development at the grassroots in the state.
“I want to appeal to the Federal Government to start releasing the monthly allocation to the APC reinstated council chairmen in the state as from this month.
“The chairmen were unable to work since 2022 when they were sacked, but now that the Court of Appeal have reinstated them, the allocation should be released to them.
“This is the time for people at the grassroots to feel the impact of government which had been neglected since 2022.
“I want to also commend the Inspector-General of Police for ensuring peace in the state and the way he approached the security challenges professionally,” he said.
Oyintiloye commended the council chairmen for resuming in their various local governments despite intimidation and harassment by the Peoples Democratic Party.
He, however, urged the local government staff to resume at their various offices, saying that there were enough security in place for them to contribute their quota as expected.
The APC chieftain said the staff resumption would allow the chairmen to settle down to deliver dividends of democracy that the people at the grassroots had been yearning for. (NAN)
