Adeleke Reduced Osun Debt From N148bn to N83bn, Increased IGR By 139% –Imole Campaign Council

The Director-General of the Imole Campaign Council, Kamorudeen Olalere Oyewumi, has said the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke reduced Osun State’s domestic debt from N148 billion in 2022 to N83.32 billion in the first quarter of 2025, while also increasing the state’s internally generated revenue by 139 percent.

Oyewumi, who disclosed this during the maiden press conference of the Imole Campaign Council held on Sunday at the newly-opened Imole Media Centre in Osogbo, said the Adeleke administration had recorded significant achievements in infrastructure, education, healthcare, agriculture and digital economy within three and a half years in office.

According to him, the state’s external debt profile also dropped from $91.78 million in 2022 to $75.14 million under the current administration.

“It is important to remind the electorate of the terrible mess which the immediate past administration, on which the APC candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, served as Commissioner of Finance, left behind,” he said.

“We are happy to report that our government has reduced the domestic debt profile of the state from N148 billion in December 2022 to N83.32 billion by the first quarter of 2025 and external debt from $91.78 million in 2022 to $75.14 million,” he added.

The campaign council director-general also stated that the state’s internally generated revenue rose from N24.47 billion in 2022 to N58.7 billion in 2025 following reforms introduced by the Adeleke administration.

Oyewumi said the government had also cleared 18 months out of the 30 months half-salary arrears inherited from the previous administration and fully paid the 28-month contributory pension arrears owed retirees.

“We have cleared 18 months out of the 30 months inherited half-salary liabilities from the past APC government. Our government has also cleared in full the 28-month contributory pension arrears owed to retirees,” he stated.

Speaking on infrastructure projects executed by the administration, Oyewumi said the Adeleke government constructed the first flyover in Ile-Ife and dual carriageways in Ilesa, Ila-Orangun, Ede and Iwo, alongside over 300 kilometres of urban and rural roads across the state.

“The administration is proud to speak about the first-ever flyover in Ile-Ife, not merely as a beautiful structure, but as a thoughtfully conceived economic infrastructure designed to improve mobility, commerce and urban development,” he said.

According to him, the Okefia and Lameco flyovers in Osogbo have become symbols of modern urban planning in the state.

Speaking on education, Oyewumi said Osun State moved from the 33rd position in NECO ranking in 2022 to seventh position in both 2024 and 2025 due to reforms introduced by the administration.

He also said the government distributed 440,000 cocoa seedlings, 80,000 oil palm seedlings and 60,000 cashew seedlings to farmers, while 31 tractors had been deployed to cultivate over 5,100 acres of farmland under its agricultural initiatives.

On youth development, the campaign council boss said the government recruited teachers and youths into the Imole Youth Corps and Osun Amotekun Corps to tackle unemployment.

Oyewumi further noted that the Adeleke administration introduced Osun State’s first ICT policy and domesticated the Nigerian Startup Act to position the state as a technology and innovation hub.

The campaign council director-general, however, accused the All Progressives Congress of engaging in “negative politics” ahead of the August 15 governorship election.

He alleged that a member of the Accord political family, Kolade Eluyera, was killed in Ikire by individuals linked to the APC, calling on security agencies to ensure justice.

“It is deeply disturbing and condemnable that a committed member of the Accord family, Kolade Eluyera, was gruesomely murdered by agents of the opposition APC, yet no decisive action has been taken,” he alleged.

Oyewumi urged security agencies to remain neutral and professional throughout the election period, warning against selective enforcement of the law.
“No political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen of Osun State,” he said.

He added that the Imole Campaign Council would focus on promoting the achievements of the Adeleke administration and mobilising support for the governor’s re-election bid under what he described as the “Imole 2.0” agenda ahead of the 2026 governorship election.