The Oloyan of Oyan, Oba Adekeye Oluyeye, has called on Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke to intervene over alleged unpaid salaries owed to traditional rulers and chiefs in Odo Otin Local Government Area.

The monarch raised the concern in a video published on Facebook by Osogbo Updates on Wednesday, saying the affected traditional institutions had endured seven months without payment.

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According to Oluyeye, the situation involves 17 kings and 440 chiefs in the local government area.

The king is starving.

They are starving the king and chiefs, he said in Yoruba.

He expressed frustration over the prolonged delay, noting that the rising cost of goods and services had made life increasingly difficult for the affected officials.

The monarch said the seventh month had elapsed without the salaries being paid and appealed for urgent government attention.

He also commended President Bola Tinubu, saying the President had done what was expected of him, but urged the governor to address the situation in Osun.

Please tell Ademola, hunger is killing the king.

He is really starving the king, Oluyeye said.

His appeal comes amid an ongoing dispute over local government finances in the state.

PUNCH Online reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress had directed workers in Osun to observe a three-day sympathy strike beginning Sunday in protest against the continued withholding of statutory allocations meant for local governments.