The All Progressives Congress (APC) and Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke clashed on Tuesday over calls for accountability regarding what the party claimed is nearly N1 trillion allocated to the state in three years.
APC State Chairman Tajudeen Lawal, in a statement, demanded that Governor Adeleke should justify the nearly N1 trillion revenue reportedly received by his administration from November 2022 to September 2025, describing the government as “unproductive.”
Lawal claimed, “Our findings show that the Adeleke government received N25 billion from November–December 2022; N182 billion in 2023; N333 billion in 2024; and N310 billion from January–September 2025, with little or nothing to show for it. In just three months, July–September 2025, the administration received a whopping N124 billion in federal allocations—an average of N41 billion per month (see Page 9 of the Osun State Budget Implementation Performance report published on October 28, 2025). Yet, Osun citizens are struggling under the harsh economic policies of the Adeleke government.”
He added that despite the large allocations, no youth of the state should be subjected to the hardships imposed by the administration.
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APC further alleged, “It is incongruous that a governor who brands himself ‘Mr Project’ spent only 26 per cent of his 2025 revenue on capital projects, while failing to pay N6 billion in gratuity arrears due this year. On what, then, is the people’s money being spent?”
Governor Adeleke, however, dismissed the allegations.
The governor, through his spokesperson Olawale Rasheed, described APC’s claims as “fake news” and insisted that his administration did not collect or squander N1 trillion in state allocations from 2022 to date.
Rasheed said, “The opposition statement is a devilish fabrication, a mischievous propaganda, and a failed attempt to undermine the commendable performance of the current administration, as attested by local and international stakeholders.”
“APC questioning how the governor spent a fabricated one trillion naira allocation to the state from 2022 to date is devilish. Only an anti-people party will claim not to see the almost 322 kilometers of roads across the state, the 200 health centre renovations, the rehabilitation of more than 100 schools, the ongoing dualisation across several towns, the ongoing upgrading and rehabilitation of several water works, the multibillion naira local and grassroots development projects, the flyover bridges, the new tractors, the ongoing renovation and upgrading of Osogbo stadium to a five star standard among others.
“Only a party set for another rejection in 2026 will deny the payment of half salaries owed workers and which the APC failed to pay while it governed the state. Pensioners are living witnesses of how state funds are being spent to offset pension debt which APC refused to pay and being liquidated by Governor Ademola Adeleke. The enrolment of over 30, 000 pensioners in the state health insurance scheme is an unprecedented policy which even the Federal Government has now adopted.”
