Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, denied spending N3.1 billion on foreign trips between January and June 2025, describing the media reports as false and misleading.

He, however, reiterated his commitment to transparency and accountability in managing the state’s finances, saying that the travelling expenses being pushed around represent the near full-year training allocation for the over 100 agencies of the state government.

A statement by the governor’s Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, said that the governor mostly footed his expenses through the family’s private jet with reference to his recent visit to the United States (U.S.) to reduce the state travel bills.

According to the statement, many agencies undertook their local and international training in the first half of the year because of the anticipated kick-off of pre-2026 political activities in the latter part of the year, describing the alleged sponsoring of Adeleke’s international travelling and training expenditures as mischievous.