Nasarawa State’s monthly federation allocation has skyrocketed from about ₦4.5 billion to approximately ₦16 billion, Governor Abdullahi Sule has revealed, crediting President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. Before the subsidy removal, the state received between ₦3.8 billion and ₦4.5 billion monthly—now it averages ₦14 billion to ₦16 billion.
Speaking in Lafia while hosting the Renewed Hope Ambassadors Presidential Media Team, Sule said Tinubu “took the bullet” for states and local governments by removing the fuel subsidy and unifying exchange rates. These moves freed resources previously swallowed by subsidies, giving sub-national governments unprecedented fiscal capacity.
With the windfall, Nasarawa has executed ₦90 billion worth of projects without a single bank loan. These include the Mararaba dual flyover (₦16.7bn), Keffi flyover (₦11.4bn), Akwanga township dualisation (₦7.1bn), and a 10,000-hectare rice farm. Sule insisted Tinubu deserves full credit, stating: “All the projects we are doing today with no borrowing is as a result of President Tinubu’s support”.