Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has accused the Federal Government of marginalising his administration for political reasons.
Osun and the FG have been embroiled in an ongoing dispute over the allocation and control of the local government funds.
The conflict centres on the Federal Government’s alleged withholding of funds meant for local government areas in Osun, which the state said had significantly affected their operations and service delivery.
Represented by his deputy, Kola Adeusi, at a two-day South West Summit on democracy and federalism in Ondo, Adeleke alleged that federal power was being used to undermine his government because it belongs to a different political party from the ruling party at the centre.
The governor described Osun as a “case study in how not to treat a sub-national entity in a democratic system.”
