The Osun State Government has come under renewed criticism over its fiscal administration after the state positioned thirty second amongst 35 states in BudgIT’s 2026 State of States assessment.
The opposition Democratic Leadership Alliance, DLA, stated the rating raised questions concerning the administration of public assets and the federal government’s capability to enhance the state’s financial performance.
The social gathering, in a press release issued on Thursday by its state chairman, Dr Tosin Odeyemi, attributed Osun’s place to what it described as poor monetary administration and the absence of a transparent financial improvement technique.
BudgIT, a Nigerian civic know-how organisation, carried out the assessment to judge the fiscal performance of states throughout the nation. Lagos, Enugu and Bayelsa emerged because the three highest-ranked states, whereas Cross River occupied the underside place.
Reacting to the report, Odeyemi stated Osun’s performance mirrored the failure of Governor Ademola Adeleke’s administration to determine a sustainable financial path regardless of the monetary assets accessible to the state.
He stated, “This ranking is not surprising to us. It only confirms what we have been saying, that Governor Ademola Adeleke has no economic blueprint for Osun.”
The DLA chairman additionally questioned why Osun carried out under Kebbi, Jigawa and Katsina, which he stated had demonstrated higher useful resource administration regardless of their respective financial circumstances.
“While states like Kebbi, Jigawa and Katsina are managing their resources prudently and ranking in the top 10, Osun, with all its potential, is ranked 32nd,” he said.
Odeyemi alleged that authorities expenditure had failed to supply measurable enhancements in the lives of residents, questioning the connection between public spending and the state’s financial performance.
“How can a state that claims to be spending billions on paper be ranked among the worst in fiscal performance? It shows the government is only good at propaganda while the state’s economy is in shambles,” he stated.
The opposition social gathering additionally expressed concern over Osun’s internally generated income, alleging that the federal government had turn out to be overly depending on allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC.
“The table does not lie. It shows that Osun is being run on FAAC allocation alone with no effort to grow the Internally Generated Revenue,” the assertion added.
The DLA urged Governor Adeleke to introduce measures aimed toward bettering the state’s economic system, plugging monetary leakages and directing public funds in direction of productive sectors fairly than what it described as frivolous actions.
The social gathering additionally known as on Osun residents to demand larger accountability in the administration of public assets, insisting that the BudgIT assessment ought to immediate the state authorities to deal with the monetary and financial challenges highlighted by the rating.
