The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Osun State Council, has given the Federal and Osun State governments a seven-day ultimatum to resolve the lingering crisis over local government finances and workers’ entitlements.
The labour body warned that failure to address the dispute could trigger a three-day sympathy strike and peaceful picketing of United Bank for Africa (UBA) branches across the state.
NLC State Chairman, Christopher Arapasopo, disclosed the position in a communiqué issued after a meeting of the State Executive Council, expressing concern over the continued withholding and disputed disbursement of statutory allocations meant for local government councils.
According to the Congress, the prolonged funding crisis has weakened the ability of local government councils to perform their constitutional responsibilities and meet their financial obligations to workers.
The NLC acknowledged that Governor Ademola Adeleke had intervened by ensuring payment of local government workers’ net salaries without deductions.
However, it maintained that the intervention could not substitute for the regular release of statutory allocations due to the councils.
Under the proposed industrial action, the three-day sympathy strike would begin at midnight on Sunday, November 8, and end at midnight on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
The Congress also said peaceful picketing of UBA branches across Osun would commence on Thursday, November 12, if the dispute remained unresolved.
NLC said the planned action was intended to support affected local government workers and demand an end to the uncertainty surrounding council funding and workers’ welfare.
It added that mobilisation was already underway with the support of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and South-West councils.
The Congress stressed that industrial peace could not be sustained in an environment where workers’ welfare was undermined and legitimate entitlements remained uncertain.
It therefore urged both governments to act within the seven-day period and called on other stakeholders to support a transparent and lasting resolution of the dispute.
According to the NLC, resolving the crisis would restore normal operations in the local government system, ease the hardship faced by affected workers and strengthen industrial harmony across the state.
The labour body reaffirmed its commitment to defending workers’ rights and promoting industrial peace, while insisting that workers’ welfare and entitlements must remain central to efforts to resolve the dispute.
