Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has attributed the state’s ongoing N90 billion infrastructure projects to increased revenue arising from economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Sule said the improved revenue had enabled his administration to execute major projects across the state without obtaining bank loans.
The governor disclosed this on Saturday at the Government House, Lafia, while receiving the Renewed Hope Ambassadors Presidential Media Team, led by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The team was in Nasarawa to inspect completed and ongoing Federal Government and state infrastructure projects.
Sule said the removal of fuel subsidy and other reforms by the Tinubu administration had significantly increased funds available to states for development.
He explained that Nasarawa’s monthly allocation, which previously ranged between N3.8 billion and N4.5 billion, had increased to about N14 billion to N16 billion.
According to him, the improved revenue has strengthened the state’s capacity to fund large-scale infrastructure without resorting to bank borrowing.
He recalled that the state previously struggled to raise N5 billion through borrowing for a single market project, but now had the financial capacity to execute projects worth about N90 billion.
“All the projects we are doing in Nasarawa State today, without borrowing from the bank, is as a result of President Bola Tinubu and his support. So you must give him the credit for that,” Sule said.
The governor urged journalists covering the media tour to look beyond the physical structures being inspected and examine how government policies and increased revenues were translating into development.
He also called for objective reporting that would hold governments accountable while recognising policies and programmes that positively affect citizens.
The media team inspected the Nasarawa State Secretariat, where the Secretary to the State Government, Labaran Magaji, explained that the complex was built to bring together ministries previously operating from scattered and dilapidated offices.
The secretariat is powered by a one-megawatt solar plant, with the state government considering extending excess power to neighbouring communities and providing electric vehicle charging facilities.
The team also visited the Shandam Road and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Interchange, a project valued at N16 billion, as well as flood-control works around the Emir’s Palace.
Other facilities inspected included the Wing Commander Abdullah Ibrahim Skill Acquisition Centre, which is used by the Industrial Training Fund and other agencies for skills development.
The team is also expected to inspect major lithium-processing facilities, including Avatar Lithium Processing Plant and Diamond Energy Lithium Processing Plant in Nasarawa Local Government Area.
Other projects on the inspection itinerary include the reconstruction of the Keffi-Nasarawa-Toto-Abaji Road, dualisation of the Keffi-Karu-Abuja Road and a dual overhead bridge along the corridor.
Sule said infrastructure projects such as the twin flyovers in Karu had generated economic benefits beyond easing traffic, including an increase in property values around the area.
He also urged the visiting journalists to assess the state’s interventions in healthcare, agriculture and mining.
The governor said his administration had expanded tertiary healthcare services across the three senatorial zones, while 10,000 hectares had been earmarked for rice production as part of efforts to strengthen food security.
On mining, Sule highlighted the growth of lithium processing in the state, attributing the development partly to Federal Government policies encouraging value addition and processing within mineral-producing states.
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