It is unfortunate that for 19 months now, the federal government has withheld statutory allocations of local government councils in Osun State against the ruling of the Supreme Court.
According to data from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), the allocations have grown to the tune of N201.962 billion. The review covered a 15-month period spanning March 2025 to May 2026.
The prolonged withholding of the allocations has remained the subject of legal and political disputes between the federal government and the state government following the February 2025 local government elections in the state.
Following the elections, which were challenged by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the federal government withheld the statutory allocations meant for the 30 councils.
The legality of the action later came under judicial scrutiny, with the Supreme Court holding that the withholding of the funds was unconstitutional.
