Osun’s 32nd Position in Fiscal Ranking Shows Adeleke’s Economic Failure.
DLA: Osun’s 32nd Position in Fiscal Ranking Shows Adeleke’s Economic Failure Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo The Osun State Chapter of the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) has knocked Governor Ademola Adeleke over the poor fiscal performance of the state in BudgIT’s 2026 Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo The Osun State Chapter of the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) has knocked Governor Ademola Adeleke over the poor fiscal performance of the state in BudgIT’s 2026 State of States assessment, with Osun ranked 32nd in the country.
The report by BudgIT, a Nigerian civic technology organisation, has Lagos, Enugu and Bayelsa as Nigeria’s top-performing states, while Cross River ranked last among the 35 states evaluated.
Reacting in a statement yesterday, the state chairman of DLA, Dr.
Tosin Odeyemi, said Osun’s position is shameful and an indictment of the Adeleke administration’s inability to build a viable local economy. Odeyemi said the ranking has exposed the state government as one that has failed to translate huge federal allocations into real economic growth, fiscal discipline and sustainable development for the people of Osun. According to him, “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.” “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.” “How can a state that claims to be spending billions on paper be ranked among the worst in fiscal performance?
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