The Oloyan of Oyan, Oba Adekeye Oluyeye, has called out Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke over the non-payment of salaries of traditional rulers and chiefs for months.
Oluyeye said he and the chiefs have received no pay for seven months, and that they have responsibilities and children to cater for.
“The kings are starving. They are starving the king and chiefs,” he said. 
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17 kings and 440 chiefs affected in Odo-Otin as Governor Adeleke witholds salaries
Oluyeye said many traditional rulers in Odo-Otin have gone unpaid, putting the number at 17 kings and 440 chiefs. He said they are really hungry, called the non-payment unfair and urged Governor Adeleke to do the needful.
“In this Odo-Otin, there are 17 kings. The chiefs alone are 440,” he said.
He claimed none of them had received a salary in the past seven months, adding that “this is the seventh month that has ended.”
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The monarch also complained about the rising cost of living, saying it had worsened the situation. “With the way things are expensive, we are many,” he said. “It is frustrating, isn’t it?”
However, Oluyeye said President Bola Tinubu had played his part, saying: “The President has done what is proper.” According to him, President Tinubu loves the monarchs, and he claimed the President had released the money to Adeleke, and said only the governor’s disbursement of the funds remained.
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The king further said he spent five weeks at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) because he was sick. He found it hard to pay the doctor for his medication because he did not have much money on him and had not received his salary for months.
He has asked people to pass his message on to the governor. “Please tell Ademola, hunger is killing the king. He is really starving the king,” he said.
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