Osun APC tackles Adeleke over expenditure of N1trn in three years

…APC claim is fake news – Govt
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‎The main political opposition in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke’s Administration of mismanaging N1 trillion total revenue received between November 2022 and September 2025, saying the projects executed so far are not commensurate with the received allocations.
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‎A statement made available to newsmen by Tajudeen Lawal, the APC Chairman, indicated that the State reportedly earned N25 billion between November and December 2022; N182 billion in 2023; N333 billion in 2024; and N310 billion between January and September 2025.
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‎The party further claimed that within just three months from July to September 2025, Osun received N124 billion as federal allocation, averaging N41 billion monthly. The data, it noted, was contained in the Osun State Budget Implementation Performance Report published on October 28, 2025, on the Government’s official website.
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‎Lawal said, “It is pathetic that despite the N310 billion made thus far this year, the Osun State Government has only disbursed N7.8 billion of the N27 billion, representing 29 per cent, budgeted for capital projects in the education sector in the fiscal year. Similarly, of the N5.9 billion budgeted for capital projects in the agriculture sector, merely N528 million, representing 9 per cent of the estimate, was disbursed as at the end of September. The total disbursement for capital projects was N82 billion, barely 43 per cent of the budget estimate for capital expenditure. That is 26 per cent of the revenue made.”
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‎The party cited tuition fees of up to N1.5 million per session in some universities as evidence of the Administration’s inability to cushion the economic burden on households.
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‎In a swift response, Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the governor, dismissed the APC’s claims as “fake news” and “mischievous propaganda,” insisting that the State has not received anything near one trillion naira from 2022 to date.
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‎Rasheed maintained that the administration has judiciously managed state resources with particular target of meeting the crucial and critical needs of the State in the area of health, infrastructure, education, business financing, cooperative empowerment, sports development, agriculture, technology development, workers welfare and pension management.
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‎He added, “Pensioners, workers, farmers, artisans, market operators and others are applauding the governor daily. We are not expecting the state APC to own up to its failures while in office but it can at least be silent to allow Osun people to enjoy good governance and ongoing delivery of unprecedented democratic dividend.”