The Osun State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has raised alarm over an alleged plot by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to transfer a case on local government allocations in the state to an Abuja vacation court. It would be recalled that the Osun State Attorney General, Oluwole…
The Osun State Government has launched the Osun State Investment Portal— invest.osunstate.gov.ng as part of His Excellency Asiwaju (Dr.) Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke’s commitment to improving the ease of doing business in the State and attracting both local and foreign investment. This was disclosed in a press statement signed by Commissioner for Information and public…
Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke, Mallam Olawale Rashed has declared that public posting of state’s budgetary performance by the state government is a demonstration of transparency and accountability in public finance, a testimony that the state leadership has nothing to hide about state finance. Rasheed who chided opposition activists for demonstrating laziness and lack of…
By Sarafa Ibrahim I grew up picturing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in my head as an institution that is beyond political manipulation. Anytime I have a reason to go to Central Market in Kaduna state to run an errand, I usually find an excuse to pass through the bank’s branch located at Yakubu…
● Welcome Intervention by Traditional Rulers The Osun state government has again renewed its call on the Federal Government to release Osun state local governments allocations in recognition and compliance with the recent Court of Appeal judgement on the state’s Local Government leadership question. The Government also welcomed and supported the intervention of Traditional rulers…
The Ataoja of Osogbo Land, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun Larooye II, has made a powerful public appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging the immediate release of the withheld Local Government allocations meant for Osun State. Speaking at the grand finale of the Osun Osogbo Festival 2025, the respected monarch warned that the ongoing financial blockade…
The Osun State Government has denied an allegation from the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the Chief Security Officer to Governor Ademola Adeleke was responsible for the arrest of a Facebook user who directly threatened the life of the state governor. We urge the public and the police authorities to know that the issue is…
By Sarafa Ibrahim Sometime in 2023, a former media aide to ex-Governor Gboyega Oyetola, Mr Ismail Omipidan tried to spin away the reality of the incredible turnaround that the finances of Osun state has undergone under the leadership of Governor Ademola Adeleke. Typical of his ways of seeing doom where progress is quite visible, Mr….
The Spokesperson to the Governor of Osun State,Olawale Rasheed has reaffirmed that Governor Ademola Adeleke remains committed to transparency and accountability in managing state finance as travelling costs being pushed around represent the near full year training allocation for the over 100 agencies of the state government. He noted this a statement signed by him…
● Seeks More Corps Members for Posting to Schools As financial constraints delay planned mass teachers’ recruitment, Governor Ademola Adeleke has deployed a total of One Thousand, Seven Hundred and Fifty Imole Youth Corps teachers to primary and secondary schools across Osun state. The Governor is also seeking more deployment of members of the National…
