The Imole Campaign Council (TICC) has dismissed claims of financial opacity under Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, stating that the report just released by civic organisation BudgIT Nigeria which scored 100 per cent in the 2025 Third Quarter Fiscal Transparency Report showed Adeleke’s exceptional commitment to openness, financial transparency and accountability.

In a statement on Tuesday, the spokesman for the campaign council for Adeleke’s reelection, Pelumi Olajengbesi, said the council has taken note of recent statements by the opposition in the state concerning the financial position of Osun under the administration of Ademola Adeleke.

Olajengbesi said, “These claims, lacking substance and coherence, further reinforce the growing perception that the opposition has abandoned constructive engagement for baseless political rhetoric.

“The credibility of the current administration remains one of its most defining strengths, earning it recognition both nationally and beyond.

“Osun State has recorded a landmark achievement in transparency and accountability, securing a 100 per cent fiscal transparency score in the Q3 2025 report by BudgIT and ranking among the top tier of states in the country.

“This is not a political assertion but an independent validation grounded in data and objective analysis.”

Olajengbesi said the ranking of Osun under Adeleke as financially transparent isn’t accidental but a “direct outcome of deliberate reforms and a clear commitment to openness, accountability, and responsible governance under Governor Adeleke. They reflect a government that understands that public trust is earned through transparency and sustained by performance”.

Olajengbesi said it is unsurprising that, in the face of such verifiable progress, certain political actors have resorted to circulating misleading figures and unfounded narratives in the state.

The lawyer said, “The reality in Osun State today is evident in the prudent and transparent management of public resources, the sustained effort to clear inherited pension obligations and restore dignity to retirees, the improvement in workers’ welfare through financially backed commitments, the expansion of social interventions such as free healthcare for pensioners, and the visible transformation of infrastructure across the state. These are not abstract claims but lived realities for the people.

“This is what accountable governance represents: a system that is transparent, verifiable, and impactful. It stands in clear contrast to a past defined by excuses, opacity, and limited measurable outcomes.

“We make no apologies for raising the standard of governance. Osun State is firmly on a path of fiscal discipline, transparency, and people-centred development, and no amount of distortion can alter that trajectory.”