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Governor Abiodun announced in 2021 that his administration had discovered roughly ₦50 billion in domestic debt left by the outgoing Amosun government that was not captured in the official 2019 handover report.

The claim was publicly and directly disputed by Amosun's former Finance Commissioner, who insisted the handover report captured all liabilities. No independent audit resolving the dispute was identified for this entry, so it remains a contested claim rather than a settled fact.

Abiodun said he inherited significant arrears owed to workers, pensioners, and other stakeholders upon taking office on 29 May 2019, forcing his administration to seek loans to stabilise the civil service.

The administration has pointed to improved fiscal management and rising IGR as evidence of progress, but no independently audited figures confirming full clearance of inherited arrears were identified for this entry.

Abiodun said he met an empty state treasury on assuming office and had to take a ₦7 billion loan just to pay the May 2019 workers' salary, a claim contested by the outgoing administration, which said it left roughly ₦18.3 billion in the treasury.

The immediate salary crisis was resolved through the emergency loan; the underlying dispute over exactly how much was left in the treasury was never independently reconciled between the two administrations.

The Amosun administration carried out property demolitions, including along parts of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway corridor, without compensating affected residents, leaving a backlog of grievances for the incoming administration.

The Abiodun administration has faced continued pressure and litigation over both the inherited demolition backlog and its own later demolitions, including residents alleging land was subsequently sold to an industrial investor without compensation. Full resolution of the inherited compensation claims was not confirmed by any source found for this entry.