A former lawmaker, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has described the ongoing strike by local government workers in the state as both “pathetic and unfortunate,” warning that it has plunged council areas into administrative paralysis and inflicted severe hardship on grassroots residents.

In a statement issued on Sunday, Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), appealed to the workers to immediately resume duties to prevent the total collapse of local government operations.

He lamented that the month-long strike had crippled essential services, including clinics, primary healthcare centres, marriage registries, and administrative offices, leaving pregnant women, students, and intending couples stranded and suffering due to the disruption.

Oyintiloye urged all stakeholders to work toward a speedy resolution, emphasizing the urgent need to restore normalcy in the affected council areas.

Oyintiloye said that many pregnant women at the grassroots could not access their routine immunisation, while many applicants who needed documentation necessary to apply for federal jobs could not also access the secretariats.

He said that since there were elected council chairmen at the council areas, there was no point for the local government workers to abscond from work.

Oyintiloye called on the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NUGLE) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state not to allowed themselves to be used to frustrate local government administration in the state.